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Webster 1913 Edition

Tringle

Trin′gle

,
Noun.
[F.
tringle
.]
A curtain rod for a bedstead.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tringle

TRIN'GLE

,
Noun.
In architecture, a little square member or ornament, as a listel, reglet, platband and the like, but particularly a little member fixed exactly over every triglyph.

Definition 2024

tringle

tringle

See also: tringlé

English

Noun

tringle ‎(plural tringles)

  1. A curtain rod for a bedstead.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁɛ̃ɡl/

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. first-person singular present subjunctive of tringler
  5. second-person singular imperative of tringler

Etymology

French tringle, rod.

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