A beetle or wooden ‘bat’ used in washing, also (when made cylindrical) for smoothing out or ‘mangling’ linen clothes; hence also applied to…
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > smoothing clothes in a mangle > implement for (3) battledore1655 A beetle or wooden ‘bat’ used in washing, also (when made cylindrical) for smoothing out or ‘mangling’ linen clothes; hence also applied to… mangle1696 A machine for squeezing water from and pressing linen, clothing, etc., after washing. Cf. calender, n.1 2, wringer, n. 6a. mangle-board1892 a board with which linen and cotton may be pressed and smoothed. |
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