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▪ I. † langrel, n. Naut. Obs.
Also 7 -rill.
= prec.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xiv. 67 Langrill shot. Langrell shot runnes loose with a shackell, to be shortened when you put it into the Peece. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. i. 19 Be sure to load our Guns with Cross-bar and Langrel. 1769[see langrage]. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Langrel, or Langrage.
▪ II. langrel, a. Obs. exc. dial.
[? f. lang long a.; cf. gangrel.]
Tall, ‘lanky’.
1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 810 The wary Bird soared so high above his reach, that the langrel Serpent could not catch him. 1847Halliwell, Langrel, very tall..lanky. |