MANGLE

I. transitive verb (~d; mangling) see: mayhem Date: 15th century to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing , to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude , see: maim ~r noun II. noun Etymology: Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange mangonel, ~, from Latin manganum Date: 1696 a machine for ironing laundry by passing it between heated rollers, III. transitive verb (~d; mangling) Date: circa 1775 to press or smooth (as damp linen) with a ~, ~r noun