Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Creel

Creel (krēl) , noun

[Gael. craidhleag basket, creel.]

1.
An osier basket, such as anglers use. — Sir W. Scott
2.
(Spinning) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.