mackle
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom the earlier form macle, from macule, which see for more.
Noun
editmackle (plural mackles)
Verb
editmackle (third-person singular simple present mackles, present participle mackling, simple past and past participle mackled)
References
edit- “mackle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
editVerb
editmackle (third-person singular simple present mackles, present participle mackling, simple past and past participle mackled)
- (UK, dialect, transitive) To assemble in a makeshift manner; to cobble together.
- 1998, Audrey Howard, When Morning Comes:
- It's dry and warm and if Jacob and I were to put our heads together I'm sure we could find something in the tack-room, some harness, or a nose band or two that could be mackled together to make a carrying contraption.