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- Dictionaryfettle/ˈfɛtl/
noun
- 1. condition: "Marguerite was in fine fettle"
verb
- 1. trim or clean the rough edges of (a metal casting or a piece of pottery) before firing.
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The meaning of FETTLE is state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form —often used in the phrase in fine fettle. How to use fettle in a sentence.
healthy or strong, or in good condition: "How was Jane?" "Oh, she was in fine fettle." SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fit & healthy. acrobatically. agility. agree with something. amazonian. athleticism. be (as) fit as a fiddle idiom. glow. in the pink idiom. limber. lithe. match fitness. muscled. muscularity.
1. to remove (excess moulding material and casting irregularities) from a cast component. 2. to line or repair (the walls of a furnace) 3. British dialect. a. to prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself, etc), esp to put a finishing touch to. b. to repair or mend (something) noun. 4. state of health, spirits, etc (esp in the phrase in fine fettle)
Fettle is the state or condition you're in, especially if it's positive. You might describe your bouncy, healthy puppy as being in fine fettle.
verb. to remove (excess moulding material and casting irregularities) from a cast component. to line or repair (the walls of a furnace) dialect. to prepare or arrange (a thing, oneself, etc), esp to put a finishing touch to. to repair or mend (something)
A complete guide to the word "FETTLE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
Definition of fettle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
healthy or strong, or in good condition: "How was Jane?" "Oh, she was in fine fettle." SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: fit & healthy. acrobatically. agility. agree with something. amazonian. athleticism. be (as) fit as a fiddle idiom. glow. in the pink idiom. limber. lithe. match fitness. muscled. muscularity.
n. 1. a. Proper or sound condition. b. Mental or emotional state; spirits: was in fine fettle. 2. Metallurgy Loose sand or ore used to line the hearth of a reverberatory furnace in preparation for pouring molten metal. tr.v. fet·tled, fet·tling, fet·tles Metallurgy.
fettle. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English fet‧tle /ˈfetl/ noun → in fine/good fettle Examples from the Corpus fettle • When I visited Mahatma Gandhi again at the end of June, 1946, he was in fine fettle.
