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What does 'kettling' mean?

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Bbbananas | 12:01 Mon 13th Dec 2010 | ChatterBank
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I first read the expression in relation to the students' fees riots - apparently the police kettled the crowds. Now I am assuming, even in this day & age, they did not splatter the crown with steaming hot water straight from large industrial-sized kettles - does it mean herding or similar? Where did this originate from?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettling
12:02 Mon 13th Dec 2010
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being kept confined in one area
12:02 Mon 13th Dec 2010
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Sounds a bit like One Man & His Dog...

thanks guys.
I know it was a boring question.
12:03 Mon 13th Dec 2010
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:)
12:04 Mon 13th Dec 2010
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hi sall, I was looking for ya in the stargazer thread ;0)

who makes up such words..'kettling' it has no reference to crowd disorder\/
12:05 Mon 13th Dec 2010
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