machinule
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[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “machine + -ule?”)
Noun
[edit]machinule (plural machinules)
- (obsolete) An instrument used by surveyors to find right angles.
References
[edit]- “machinule”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.