Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WAT'TLE, n. [Sax. watel, a twig; allied perhaps to withe, L. vitis; that is, a shoot.]

1. Properly, a twig or flexible rod; and hence, a hurdle.
2. The fleshy excrescence that grows under the throat of a cock or turkey, or a like substance on a fish. – Cyc. Wafton.
3. A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.