fettle (fetl)

[ It's a fine thing.. to have the chance of getting a bit of the country into good fettle , as they say, and putting men into the right way with their farming. George Eliot , Middle march, xl. 2. A handle in the side of a large basket. Hal liwell ; Jamie son . [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] fettle (fet'l), a. [ fettle , v.] Neat; tight; handy. Jamie son. [Scotch.]