Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - mangle(1)
Mangle(1)
mangle(1)
n. & v. esp. Brit. hist. --n. a machine having two or more cylinders usu. turned by a handle, betweenwhichwetclothes etc. are squeezed and pressed. --v.tr. press (clothes etc.) in a mangle. [Du. mangel(stok) f. mangelen to mangle, ult. f. Gk magganon + stok staff, STOCK]