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mackles

mackles is the plural of mackle.

mackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mackle.

Meaning of mackle

Verb

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

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

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Questions about mackles

What is mackles the plural of?
Mackles is the plural of mackle.

Words near mackles in the dictionary

  1. mackintoshes
  2. mackintoshite
  3. mackintoshites
  4. mackle
  5. mackled
  6. mackles
  7. Mackley
  8. Mackleys
  9. Macklin
  10. mackling
  11. Macklins

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