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fettle

noun
 
/ˈfetl/
 
/ˈfetl/
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘get ready, prepare’, specifically ‘prepare oneself for battle, gird up’): from dialect fettle ‘strip of material, girdle’, from Old English fetel, of Germanic origin; related to German Fessel ‘chain, band’.
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in fine/good fettle
  1. (old-fashioned, informal) healthy; in good condition
    • The team is in fine fettle.
    • Park Foods is in fine fettle after selling off all non-core businesses.
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