creel

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A woven basket, especially a wicker basket: An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.
2. 2
   A woven basket, especially a wicker basket: Such a basket slung as a backpack for cargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistent wheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions.
3. 3
   Such a basket slung as a backpack for cargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistent wheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions: Such a basket slung on a pack animal; a pannier.
4. 4
   A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

Verb

1. 1
   To place (fish) in a creel.
2. 2
   To wrench or sprain.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.