twistleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Alteration of twissel (字義どおりに “double, forked”), from Middle English twisel, twisil, from 古期英語 twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river または road”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”). Compare also Icelandic kvísl (“branch, a fork; fork of a river”).

名詞

twistle (複数形 twistles)

1. (obsolete) A boundary stream.

使用する際の注意点

• Used primarily in British place names, such as Oswaldtwistle.

語源 2

Related to twist.

動詞

twistle (三人称単数 現在形 twistles, 現在分詞 twistling, 過去形および過去分詞形 twistled)

1. (Scotland, transitive) To twist.

名詞

twistle (複数形 twistles)

1. (Scotland) A wrench.