English Dictionary

fettle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɛtəl/

動詞

イングランド北部方言 特に 自動詞 他動詞 タインサイド方言 再帰形 古語

(especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair. / (intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.

日本語の意味

修理する、直す / 修復する、手直しする / 整備する、整える / 準備をする、万全の体制にする / 仕上げる、秩序立てる

Before the fair, I need to fettle the antique clock so it keeps proper time.

フェアの前に、骨董の時計を修理して正確に時を刻むようにしなければならない。

意味（1）

(especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.

He is getting his saddle altered: fettling about this and that; does not consider what danger he is in.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.

Nor list he now go whistling to the car, But sells his team , and fettleth to the war

意味（3）

(transitive) To line the hearth of a furnace with sand prior to pouring molten metal.

意味（4）

(reflexive, Tyneside) To be upset or in a bad mood.

Divint fettle yersel ower that!

意味（5）

In ceramics, to remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.

意味（6）

(transitive, archaic) To prepare.

But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next...

fettles （ present singular third-person ）

fettling （ participle present ）

fettled （ participle past ）

fettled （ past ）