Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rod upon which rings may run, as for a curtain; hence, by extension, as such rods were commonly used for supporting bed-curtains, the strip, bar, or the like which joins the heads of high bedposts, and serves to support the canopy.
- noun In gunnery, a ribbon or piece of wood nailed on the sides of a traversing-platform, to prevent the trucks from running off in the recoil.
- noun In architecture, a little square molding or ornament, as a listel, reglet, or platband.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A curtain rod for a bedstead.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
curtain rod for abedstead .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
French tringle, rod.
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Examples
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In the cradle was a dirty little baby, licking its fist and listening with conscientious attention to the perpetual trangle-tringle-jangle of the maternal music.
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I had imagined black, plastic Panasonic speakers, me pushing the play button with the big tringle painted on it, and then dancing around happier than happy.
unknown title 2009
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I had imagined black, plastic Panasonic speakers, me pushing the play button with the big tringle painted on it, and then dancing around happier than happy.
unknown title 2009
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