tafflev.

Brit.

/ˈtafl/, U.S.

/ˈtæf(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ˈtafl/

Forms: 1700s– taffle, 1900s– taiffle (Scottish).

Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Probably of expressive origin. Compare later tuffle v. and tiffle v.²Although first attested later, sense 2 is probably the original sense.

English regional (northern, Lincolnshire, and south-western) and Scottish.

†1. transitive. To tire, wear out. Also: to perplex. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1750 W. Cuming MS Coll. Dorset Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 6/2 Taffle.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To taffle, to tire, wear out.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 99 Taffle,..to perplex.

2. transitive (usually in passive). To tangle or entangle (something or someone); to rumple or disorder (something). Frequently with up. Also intransitive: to become tangled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > become tangled [verb (intransitive)]

rivelOE

tangle1575

ravela1585

snarl1600

harl1609

twine1658

reeve1821

foul1835

taffle1840

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > entangle or make tangled [verb (transitive)]

windc1315

harlc1400

snarlc1440

tangle1530

ravela1540

crawl1548

entangle1555

intertangle1589

enroot1600

impester1601

fasel1636

perplex1642

fankle1724

warple1768

hankle1781

intertwist1797

taffle1840

1840 G. P. R. Pulman in Sherborne, Dorchester & Taunton Jrnl. 26 Mar. An' then zumtimes ed drap down 'pon es knees, An' then es vlies ed taffle in th'trees.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 99 Taffle, to throw into disorder.

1916 B. Gilbert War Workers 16 They mixed up the harness, they taffled the gears, They buckled the reins round the old pony's ears.

1933 Country Life 27 May 546/2 If this was properly done, the net, when thrown, unfurled itself; but if it was done in a hurry in the dark..it was very much inclined to ‘taffle up’ as the plover catchers say, and go over all in a heap.

1964 Hospital Jan. 29/1 Alice groped for the lever, and with a lurch of the bed found herself sitting upright—another lurch and this time she was on the floor, taffled up with her wires.

2014 S. Hill Posie Pixie & Torn Tunic 30 What bonny purple thread taffled up on that hazel tree doon there.

Derivatives

ˈtaffled adj. †(a) tired, exhausted (obsolete); (b) tangled, rumpled, disordered.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at To Taffle Taffled, exhausted with fatigue, Fife.

1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 202 My kite band has got taffled.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. The rope was in such a taffled state.

1905 Lancet 28 Oct. 1250/2 The extra width of the outside layer of gauze should now be split into tails on either side of the splint and the tails rolled up so that they may not become ‘taffled.’

1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. ii. 647 If you don't comb long hair, it quickly gets... [Somerset] Taffled, [Dorset] Taffled up.

2015 J. Debney Kharshouf (Electronic ed.) They'd left the beds unmade, the blankets all taffled up.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	taffle
释义	tafflev. Brit. /ˈtafl/, U.S. /ˈtæf(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈtafl/ Forms: 1700s– taffle, 1900s– taiffle (Scottish). Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Probably of expressive origin. Compare later tuffle v. and tiffle v.²Although first attested later, sense 2 is probably the original sense. English regional (northern, Lincolnshire, and south-western) and Scottish. †1. transitive. To tire, wear out. Also: to perplex. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1750 W. Cuming MS Coll. Dorset Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 6/2 Taffle. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To taffle, to tire, wear out. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 99 Taffle,..to perplex. 2. transitive (usually in passive). To tangle or entangle (something or someone); to rumple or disorder (something). Frequently with up. Also intransitive: to become tangled. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > become tangled [verb (intransitive)] rivelOE tangle1575 ravela1585 snarl1600 harl1609 twine1658 reeve1821 foul1835 taffle1840 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > entangle or make tangled [verb (transitive)] windc1315 harlc1400 snarlc1440 tangle1530 ravela1540 crawl1548 entangle1555 intertangle1589 enroot1600 impester1601 fasel1636 perplex1642 fankle1724 warple1768 hankle1781 intertwist1797 taffle1840 1840 G. P. R. Pulman in Sherborne, Dorchester & Taunton Jrnl. 26 Mar. An' then zumtimes ed drap down 'pon es knees, An' then es vlies ed taffle in th'trees. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 99 Taffle, to throw into disorder. 1916 B. Gilbert War Workers 16 They mixed up the harness, they taffled the gears, They buckled the reins round the old pony's ears. 1933 Country Life 27 May 546/2 If this was properly done, the net, when thrown, unfurled itself; but if it was done in a hurry in the dark..it was very much inclined to ‘taffle up’ as the plover catchers say, and go over all in a heap. 1964 Hospital Jan. 29/1 Alice groped for the lever, and with a lurch of the bed found herself sitting upright—another lurch and this time she was on the floor, taffled up with her wires. 2014 S. Hill Posie Pixie & Torn Tunic 30 What bonny purple thread taffled up on that hazel tree doon there. Derivatives ˈtaffled adj. †(a) tired, exhausted (obsolete); (b) tangled, rumpled, disordered. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at To Taffle Taffled, exhausted with fatigue, Fife. 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 202 My kite band has got taffled. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. The rope was in such a taffled state. 1905 Lancet 28 Oct. 1250/2 The extra width of the outside layer of gauze should now be split into tails on either side of the splint and the tails rolled up so that they may not become ‘taffled.’ 1967 H. Orton & M. F. Wakelin Surv. Eng. Dial. IV. ii. 647 If you don't comb long hair, it quickly gets... [Somerset] Taffled, [Dorset] Taffled up. 2015 J. Debney Kharshouf (Electronic ed.) They'd left the beds unmade, the blankets all taffled up. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1750
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