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

KIDDLE, or KIDEL (Kidelus), 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 kidellis deponantur per Thamefiam et Medwayam, et per totam Angliam, nisi per coferam maris. And by King John's charter, power was granted to the city of London, de kidellis amovendis per Thamefiam et Medwayam. A survey was ordered to be made of the weirs, mills, stanks, and kiddels, 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.