Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Weel \Weel\, Weely \Weel"y\, [Prov. E. weel, weal, a wicker
   basket to catch eels; prob. akin to willow, and so called as
   made of willow twigs.]
   A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs. [Obs.]
   --Carew.