Definitions for strickle

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strickle strick·le

Spelling: [strik-uh l]

IPA: /ˈstrɪk əl/

Strickle is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 369 anagrams from letters in strickle (ceiklrst).

Definitions for strickle

noun

1. a straightedge used for sweeping off heaped-up grain to the level of the rim of a measure.
2. Metallurgy. a template rotated to generate a mold surface symmetrical about one axis.
3. an implement for sharpening scythes, composed typically of a piece of wood smeared with grease and sand.

verb (used with object)

1. to sweep off or remove with a strickle.

Origin of strickle

1400-50; late Middle English strikyll; perhaps continuing Old English stricel teat (perhaps also “leveling stick”); see strike, -le

Examples for strickle

The strickle is keyed to a straight-edge and dragged over the clay until the correct moulding emerges.

Where a88 moulded frame for a panel is required, a strickle, or profile, is cut in zinc.

strickle, strik′l, n. a straight-edge for levelling the top of a measure of grain: a template.