MANGLE


Meaning of MANGLE in English

n. & v. esp. Brit. hist.

n. a machine having two or more cylinders usu. turned by a handle, between which wet clothes etc. are squeezed and pressed.

v.tr. press (clothes etc.) in a mangle.

[ Du. mangel(stok) f. mangelen to mangle, ult. f. Gk magganon + stok staff, STOCK ]

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