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CRANKLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
transitive verb. obsolete : to break into turns, bends, or angles : crinkle. intransitive verb. archaic : bend, turn, wind, zigzag.
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Crinkle crankle wall - Wikipedia
A crinkle crankle wall, also known as a crinkum crankum, sinusoidal, serpentine, ribbon or wavy wall, is an unusual type of structural or garden wall
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crankle, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective crankle is in the 1840s. OED's only evidence for crankle is from 1846, in a dictionary by James Halliwell, antiquary ...
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crankle
▪ I. crankle, v. (ˈkræŋk(ə)l) Also 7 cranckle. [Frequentative of crank v.1; in use from c 1600, but app. never very common. Cf. crinkle.] 1. intr. To bend in and out, to wind, twist; ‘to run in flexures and windings’ (J.); to run zig-zag.1598 Florio, Serpicolato, turning, winding, crankling in and o...
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The Crinkle-Crankle Wall Explained | Blog - ALCO Properties
Wiggly walls, also known as “crinkle crankle” walls, is a type of garden wall that is build in a unique snake-like shape.
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CRANKLE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Crankle, krangk′l, Crinkle, kringk′l, n. a turn, winding, or wrinkle, an angular protuberance.—v.t. to bend: to twist.
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Crinkle crankle wall
The phrase "crinkle crankle" is an ablaut reduplication, defined as something with bends and turns, first attested in 1598 (though "crinkle" and "crankle In Lymington, Hampshire, there are at least two examples of crinkle crankle walls.
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crankle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
a word which had its first recorded usage in Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis (1594) where it describes a hare which 'crankes and crosses with a thousand doubles ...
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A crinkle crankle wall (a/k/a serpentine wall) uses fewer bricks and ...
The point should be made that the reason it uses fewer bricks is that the curve provides stability, meaning only one row of bricks is needed ...
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Crinkle-Crankle Walls: 100 Fine Examples In Suffolk - Exploring GB
Crinkle-crankle walls have been used historically in gardens, estates, and farms, often serving as both decorative and functional elements.
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CRANKLE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
3 senses: 1. a bend or twist 2. a crinkle 3. to (cause to) bend or wind.... Click for more definitions.
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crinkle-crankle
ˈcrinkle-ˈcrankle, n., a. and adv. Chiefly dial. [Frequentative reduplication of crankle: cf. cringle-crangle.] A. n. A winding in and out, a zigzag, sinuosity.1598 Florio, Sinuoso..that is full of creekes, bosomes, or crinkle-crankles. 1620 Thomas Lat. Dict., Sinuosus..that hath many turnings..full...
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Geldeston
Geldeston is home to a crinkle crankle wall (located close to the village green), which are found most commonly in Suffolk.
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crankling
▪ I. crankling, vbl. n. (ˈkræŋklɪŋ) [f. crankle v. + -ing1.] A twisting or winding in and out.1598 Florio, Catapecchie..cranklings, turnings in and out. 1611 Cotgr., Les replis d'une Riuiere, the manifold cranklings and wriglings made in and out by a Riuer in its course. 1835 Beckford Recoll. 137 Sa...
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crangle
† ˈcrangle, v. Obs. intr. To twist, writhe, wriggle; = crankle. Hence ˈcrangling vbl. n. and ppl. a. (In quot. 1642 fig.)1586 Hudson tr. Du Bartas' Judith 18 (Jam.) A serpent..Which crangling crept. Ibid. 75 (Jam.) The Danow which begins to flow, With snakish crangling slow. 1642 Rogers Naaman 212 C...
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