Snook Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Do you know the word fettle/fettling? If so, where have you heard it and what do you understand it to mean? Is it just a local word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummyyumyum Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 (edited) ............................... Edited May 17, 2012 by yummyyumyum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica23 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I've heard it in the context 'She's in fine fettle'. I understood it to be a reference to the person's well-being - but now I think about it, I wouldn't be able to define fettle itself. Never heard 'fettling' before. I'm not local... ETA: Just looked it up on dictionary.com and apparently it can just mean 'state or condition'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk014b7161 Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 also a term used in the grinding section fettlers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoroughGal Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 i dont use the word myself but im sure i remember my nan saying "i'm going to fettle around the house" .....clean. is that right Yeah, like, get things in order. Fettle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 In the metal casting industry they employ people as fettlers. They basically work on the moulds by hand. I have seen them working on wax with scalpels. Later the wax part is made into alloy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 Two meanings to me: "Fine fettle" ... Good health/Good form To "fettle" something ..... to sort it out, fix it, finish the job etc. Certainly not just local to Sheffield/Yorkshire .. but Northern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffystuff Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 I've heard fettling in the context of "how you fettling" i.e how you doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinklady Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 fettle the house (a really good indepth clean) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan_Vesta Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 ^^^ With Pk on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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