Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Creel \Creel\ (kr[=e]l), n. [Gael. craidhleag basket, creel.]
   1. An osier basket, such as anglers use. --Sir W. Scott.

   2. (Spinning) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding
      paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle,
      and mule.

Source : WordNet®

creel
     n : a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish