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creel
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creel
1. a wickerwork basket, esp one used to hold fish
2. a wickerwork trap for catching lobsters, etc.

creel [krēl]
(textiles)
A frame for holding the correct number of bobbins or balls of roving in the appropriate position during the winding process.


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The latter requirement prevails because most creels have tension controllers and spindles on both sides of the creel framework, and the steel cord is unwound (when payed-out) through the tension/organizing rollers in both right-hand and left-hand configurations.
 
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