Noun: mandrel
| Singular | mandrel |
| Plural | mandrels |
Sample Sentences
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The coil springs were manufactured by winding the heated steel strip direct out of the furnace on to a mandrel of the requisite size. [1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:]
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This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work. [1920, Lester Gray French, Machinery, volume 26, page 491:]
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When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly. [1961, Robert Sprenkle, David Ledet, The Art of Oboe Playing, page 46:]
Nouns inflected like mandrel
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French mandrin, probably from Vulgar Latin *mamphurinum, from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill”), ultimately from Oscan or Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophóron, “wearing a collar”), from μανά (maná, “collar”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”); first element cognate with Latin monile (“collar”). See: French Nouns '
mandrin', Latin Nouns '
mamphur', Latin Nouns '
monile'.