figurative. A knot or complication; an entanglement. Cf. nodus, n. 5. Obsolete.

A tangle, knot. Obsolete.

A tangle, knot, ravel, as in the hair.

A tangle; = ravel, n.2 1.

A tangle, a knot; a tangled mass, a cluster. Also in extended use: a confused or muddled state or situation. Chiefly Scottish and literary in…

A tangle, knot, twist. Also figurative.

A thread laid out of alignment on a reel; a snarl.

A tangle; a knot; a confusion; figurative mental confusion.

figurative. A complicated and confused assemblage; a muddle, jumble, complication, medley, puzzle; a confused network of opinions, facts, etc…

Nautical. A tangling up of the cables in the hawse such that one cable is completely turned around the other. Cf. elbow, n. 2e. Now chiefly historical…

A tangle. Frequently in extended use: a confused or muddled state; a predicament. Esp. in in (or into) a fankle.

An irregular bend; a crook, a kink; also, a confused intertwining, as of a yarn or thread; a tangle. Chiefly figurative.

English regional (Yorkshire). An entanglement in yarn, thread, etc.; (figurative) a complication, a difficulty. Obsolete. rare.

= tat, n.6