Definition of "fettle" in English

noun

1. A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.

2. One's mental state; spirits.

3. Sand used to line a furnace.

4. (ceramics) A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.

5. (UK, dialectal) The act of fettling.

6. (Cumbria, Geordie) A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.

   • What’s yer fettle marra?

verb

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

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

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

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

   • Divint fettle yersel ower that!

5. (ceramics) To remove (as by sanding) the seam lines left by the meeting of two molds.

6. (transitive, engineering) To machine away seam lines or more generally to make small adjustments to a component or machine to improve its fit or operation.

   • He wants to fettle his gearchange mechanism before the next competition.

7. (transitive, archaic) To prepare.