Definition of kiddle in English:

1A dam or other barrier in a river, with an opening fitted with nets to catch fish.

1. 1.1 An arrangement of fishing nets hung on stakes along the seashore to catch fish.
   沿海滩挂在桩上的捕鱼网
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Royal officers had the perquisite to trap fish in kiddles, but poachers often raided the traps of fish, frequently destroying the kiddles in the process.
   • The former environments were characterised by the grazing of large sheep flocks, producing wool for export and for the local cloth industries of Kent and Essex, by salt-making and by fishing using large ‘kiddles’ or fish-traps.