1. 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.
Etymology: Du. mangel(stok) f. mangelen to mangle, ult. f. Gk magganon + stok staff, STOCK 2. v.tr.
1. hack, cut about, or mutilate by blows etc.
2 spoil (a quotation, text, etc.) by misquoting, mispronouncing, etc.
3 cut roughly so as to disfigure.
Derivatives:
mangler n.
Etymology: AF ma(ha)ngler, app. frequent. of mahaignier MAIM