: state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form
—often used in the phrase in fine fettle
I proved to her I was in fine fettle by consuming a herculean portion of eggs scrambled with onions and smoked salmon.—Lawrence Sanders
He stopped practicing or even warming up before tournament rounds in order to spare strain on the risky hip. His golf game was nonetheless in fine fettle—provided he could keep swinging.—Alfred Wright
fettled; fettling
ˈfe-tᵊl-iŋ
ˈfet-liŋ
: to cover or line the hearth of (something, such as a reverberatory furnace) with loose material (such as sand or gravel)
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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