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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1824
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HANGREL(L), n. Also hangarell, hangerell.
†1. A stick or arm on which anything is hung, esp. applied to a stout tree-branch with projecting knots erected in a stable for holding bridles, etc. (Rxb. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry, Gl., hang(a)rell, 1923 Watson W.-B.); a curved wooden bar with hooks on which a sack can be hung and held open for filling (e.Lth. 1960).Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 316:
Liggett — A reclining gate . . . they must recline, or they would not close of themselves; they are hung on what is termed a hangrell.
2. A pole notched at both ends on which a carcass is hung in a butcher's shop (Bwk. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 102; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Wgt. 1956). Cf. Camrell, id.
[O.Sc. hangrell, a.1585, a gallows; ? for hang-rail, or with -rel suff.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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