Plural of creel; multiple wicker or wire baskets used for catching and carrying fish while fishing.
Plural of 'creel' from Scots and Northern English dialect. The term has been used since at least the 1600s in British fishing terminology.
Antique fishing creels are now collected as folk art—they represent centuries of ingenious design that solved the problem of keeping fish alive without ice or electricity!
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