English Explanatory Dictionary

lingel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax.
  2. A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.

Word forms

lingel lingels

Etymology

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

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