lingel

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lingel

Rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl

Where it comes from

French ligneul, diminutive of Latin linea (“a linen thread”).

noun lingels

obsolete A shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax. When I was mortall, this my costiue corps / Did lap vp Figs and Raisons in the Strand, / Where sitting I espi'd a louely Dame, / Whose maister wrought with Lingell and with All, / And vnder ground he vampied many a boote.
obsolete A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts. a little hemp, which he spun into lingels

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@misc{lingel_2026,
  title = {lingel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lingel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}