mackle

English

Etymology 1

From the earlier form macle, from macule, which see for more.

Noun

mackle (plural mackles)

1. Obsolete form of macule.

Verb

mackle (third-person singular simple present mackles, present participle mackling, simple past and past participle mackled)

1. Obsolete form of macule.

References

• “mackle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Verb

mackle (third-person singular simple present mackles, present participle mackling, simple past and past participle mackled)

1. (UK, dialect, transitive) To assemble in a makeshift manner; to cobble together.
   • 1998, Audrey Howard, When Morning Comes:

     It's dry and warm and if Jacob and I were to put our heads together I'm sure we could find something in the tack-room, some harness, or a nose band or two that could be mackled together to make a carrying contraption.