mangle

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mangle1

▶noun Brit. a machine having two or more cylinders turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed (to remove excess moisture) and pressed. ▶verb press with a mangle.

– origin C17: from Du. mangel, from mangelen ‘to mangle’, from med. L. mango, manga, from Gk manganon ‘axis, engine’.

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mangle2

▶verb severely mutilate or damage by tearing or crushing.

– derivatives
mangler noun.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. mahangler, appar. a frequentative of mahaignier ‘maim’.