rectangled

English

Etymology

From rectangle +‎ -ed.

Adjective

rectangled (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) rectangular
   • 1729, Johann Jacob HAINLIN, Synopsis mathematica universalis: or, A brief system of the mathematics, for young students ... By [or rather, translated by] Venterus Mandey, page 228:

     To find the Area of a Rectangled Quadrangle. We measure Areas, by the Superficies of any Square measure

2. (slang) tangled (from a rebracketing of "rectangle" as "rec tangle")

References

• “rectangled”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.