teagle

See also: Teagle

English

Etymology

Compare tackle.

Noun

teagle (plural teagles)

1. (UK, archaic, dialect) A hoisting apparatus such as an elevator, crane, or lift.

Verb

teagle (third-person singular simple present teagles, present participle teagling, simple past and past participle teagled)

1. (UK, archaic, dialect, transitive) To hoist or raise by means of a teagle, or as if with one.

References

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

Anagrams

• Legate, eaglet, gelate, legate, telega