those that badge or carry corn, dead victuals, or other merchandise, up and down to sell: every person being a common badger, kiddier, lader, or carrier, &c. says the stat. 5 Eliz. cap. 12. And they are called kiddiers, 13 Eliz. cap. 25.

KIDDLE, or KIDEL, (Kidellus), a dam or weir in a river with a narrow cut in it, for the laying of pots or other engines to catch fish.

The word is ancient; for in Magna Charta, cap. 24. we read, Omnes kidelli deponantur per Thamestam & Medwayam, & per totam Angliam, nisi per cofferam maris. And by king John's charter, power was granted to the city of London, de kidellis amovendis per Thamestam & Medwayam. A survey was ordered to be made of the wears, mills, flanks, and kiddles, in the great rivers of England, 1 Hen. IV. Fishermen of late corruptly call these dams kettles; and they are much used in Wales and on the sea-coasts of Kent.