MANDREL

spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor

(noun) any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

mandrel (plural mandrels)

A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.

A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.

Synonyms

• spindle, arbor

Coordinate terms

• chuck

Anagrams

• merland

Source: Wiktionary

Man"drel, n. Etym: [F. mandrin, prob. through (assumed) LL. mamphurinum, fr. L. mamphur a bow drill.] (Mach.) (a) A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor. (b) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley. [Written also manderil.] Mandrel lathe, a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp. for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning or spinning.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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