lingel
English
Etymology
French ligneul, diminutive of Latin linea (“a linen thread”).
Noun
lingel (plural lingels)
- (obsolete) A shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax.
- (obsolete) A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lingel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Gillen, Lingle, lignel, lingle