crankle (plural crankles)
A bend, twist or crinkle.
crankle (third-person singular simple present crankles, present participle crankling, simple past and past participle crankled)
To bend, turn, or wind.
To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
• Lackner, clanker
Source: Wiktionary
Cran"kle (krn"k'l), v. t. Etym: [Cf. Crinkle.]
Definition: To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips.
Cran"kle, v. i.
Definition: To bend, turn, or wind. Along the crankling path. Drayton.
Cran"kle, n.
Definition: A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 February 2025
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