creel

=Sam Polk= =Creel=   [ kreel ]  //**–noun 1. A wickerwork basket worn on the back or suspended from the shoulder, used esp. by anglers for carrying fish.

**// A Creel is a wicker basket that you hold fish. They are used to hold something slimy and would be easy to slip out.

Travis Block -noun a large wicker basket for carrying fish;  an angler's fishing basket.
 * Creel**



I think the writer of the poem used this word to describe something to put the baby in, like a blanket, when a baby comes out and is all slimy