Obs. rare. [? f. WATTLE sb.1 (sense 1, as designating a weak building-material).] A weak-headed person. So Wattle-headed a.
1613. Wither, Abuses, I. Sat. i. 127. But he that is with such a humor led I may be bold to terme a watle-head. Ibid., Sat. v. 90. Our watle-headed Gallants would but flout At their well tempred passions.
1866. G. A. Lawrence, Sans Merci, III. 3. The damsel’s father was an easy-going and something ‘wattle-headed’ elder.
