Fettle

“Fettle” (FET-l) – from the Old English for “a girdle” – is a state or condition of fitness or order. The word is often used in the phrase “in fine fettle.”

Example (as used by John MCrone in The Guardian): “Many of the nuns were in fine fettle, even into their 80s and 90s.”

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