† tanacles, n. pl. Obs. rare—0.
Also 6 -akles, 7 -ackels.
[app. var. tenacle, ad. L. tenāculum, modified after It. tanaglie pl. pincers, tongs:—L. tenācula.]
(See quots.) Hence † tanacle v. Obs. rare—0.
| 1598 Florio, Tanaglie, toongs, pincers, tanakles, mullets. Tanagliare, to torture, to pinch, to tanakle with toongs, pincers or tanakles. 1623 Cockeram, Tanackels, Pincers for tortures. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Tanacles. 1721 Bailey, Tanacles,..Instruments of Torture like Pincers. |