ringled

English

Etymology 1

Verb

ringled

1. simple past and past participle of ringlead

Etymology 2

From ringle +‎ -ed.

Verb

ringled

1. simple past and past participle of ringle

Adjective

ringled (comparative more ringled, superlative most ringled)

1. (dialectal, obsolete) Having a ringle; marked with ringles; ringed.
   • 1810, George Chalmers, “Roxburghshire” (chapter II), in Caledonia; or, An account, historical and topographic, of North Britain; from the most ancient to the present times, London: Cadell, Of its civil History (section VI), page 113:

     The arms on the common seal of Jedburgh were: Azure, an unicorn tripping, argent, ringled, maned, and horned.

   • 1815, Sir Egerton Brydges, “Marlow's Hero and Leander”, in Restituta: or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature, Revived, volume II, London:  […] T. Bensley for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Second sestyad, page 165:

     For as a hot proud horse highly disdains
     To have his head control'd, but breaks the reins.
     Spits forth his ringled bit, and with his hoofs
     Checks the submissive ground; so he that loves.
     The more he is restrain'd, the worse he fares;

   • 1866 July, Wm. Laer, “Flax Culture”, in The American Farmer, volume I, number 1, Baltimore, page 12:

     Then after the next shower of rain the flax seed is sown, covered by a light harrowing, and the ground rolled, for which purpose a ringled roller is preferred.

Anagrams

• Gildner, Grindle, grindle

Swedish

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Etymology

Compound of ring (“ring”) +‎ led (“track, route, way”).

Noun

ringled c

1. A ring road (UK), beltway (US); a road or highway designed to lead traffic around a town, city, or other conurbation.

   Synonym: ringväg

Usage notes

• In practice, it does not need to form a full circle. Even less than a semicircle can be sufficient. Its main purpose only needs to be to lead traffic around the settlement rather than through it.

Declension

Declension of ringled

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ringled	ringleds
	definite	leden	ledens
plural	indefinite	leder	leders
	definite	lederna	ledernas

References

• ringled in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)