fettle Definition

fettle
verb fettled, fettling

1. pottery.
To knock or rub excess material off the edges of (a casting or piece of pottery) with fettling tools; to remove visible seams, casting marks, etc.
2. dialect
To get ready or put in order; prepare something or oneself.
3. To line or repair (a furnace) with refractory.

noun

1. Spirits; condition; state of health.

Derivative: fettler
noun

Idiom: in fine fettle

In good form; in good spirits.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fetel belt.