Mandrel Definition
mandrəl
mandrels
noun
mandrels
A metal spindle or bar, often tapered, inserted into a lathe center to support work while it is being machined or turned.
Webster's New World
A metal rod or bar used as a core around which metal, wire, glass, etc. is cast, molded, forged, or shaped.
Webster's New World
A shaft on which a working tool is mounted, as in a dental drill.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Mandrel
Noun
Singular:
mandrel
Plural:
mandrelsOrigin of Mandrel
Possibly alteration of French mandrin lathe from Provençal mandre axle, crank from Old Provençal beam of a balance from Latin mamphur bow-drill perhaps from Oscan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French mandrin, probably from Late Latin *mamphurinum, from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill"), possibly from Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophoron, “wearing a collar")
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