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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tringle (“rod”).

Noun

tringle (plural tringles)

1. A curtain rod for a bedstead.
2. A small moulding of rectangular cross section, in a Doric triglyph, etc.
3. A strip of wood at the edge of a gun platform to turn the recoil of the truck.

Anagrams

• Giltner, Tingler, ringlet, tingler

French

Etymology

An alteration (with intrusive r) of Middle French tingle, from Middle Dutch tengel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t????l/

Noun

tringle f (plural tringles)

1. rod
2. (architecture) tenia

Verb

tringle

1. first-person singular present indicative of tringler
2. third-person singular present indicative of tringler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tringler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tringler
5. second-person singular imperative of tringler

Further reading

• “tringle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???k?l/

Verb

trinkle (third-person singular simple present trinkles, present participle trinkling, simple past and past participle trinkled)

1. (Scotland, rare) To trickle.
2. (rare) To tinkle.
3. (obsolete) To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper.

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References

[1] (the tears trinkled down her cheeks), [2] (the tears trinkled down Trim's cheeks], [3] (my own heart's blood came trinkling down)

Anagrams

• Tinkler, tinkler