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incle

incle is the alternative form of inkle.

Meaning of inkle

Noun

inkle (countable and uncountable, plural inkles)

  1. Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces
    • COSTARD - '… What's the price of this inkle?'c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Forms of incle

pluralincles

Questions about incle

What is incle the alternative form of?
Incle is the alternative form of inkle.

Words near incle in the dictionary

  1. inclasps
  2. inclavated
  3. inclave
  4. incld
  5. incld.
  6. incle
  7. inclearing
  8. inclearings
  9. inclemencies
  10. inclemency
  11. inclement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incle (page history and authors); inkle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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