mangle 1
— mangler , n.
/mang"geuhl/ , v.t., mangled, mangling .
1. to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.
2. to spoil; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by careless typesetting.
[ 1350-1400; ME mangler, perh. dissimilated var. of OF mangonner to mangle; akin to MANGONEL ]
Syn. 1. See maim. 2. deface; destroy.
mangle 2
/mang"geuhl/ , n. , v. , mangled, mangling .
n.
1. a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
v.t.
2. to smooth or press with a mangle.
3. Metalworking. to squeeze (metal plates) between rollers.
[ 1765-75; mangel manganum. See MANGONEL ]