Definition of creels:
(n) :
(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.
(n) :
A woven basket, especially a wicker basket.
(v) :
(transitive) To place (fish) in a creel.
(n) :
(textile making) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.
(n) :
(chiefly historical) Such a basket slung as a backpack for cargo, especially in times and places with limited or nonexistent wheeled transport, as for example among peasants in mountainous regions.
(n) :
(chiefly historical) Such a basket slung on a pack animal; a pannier.