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.
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Noun

Singular:
mandrel
Plural:
mandrels

Origin 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

  • From French mandrin, probably from Late Latin *mamphurinum, from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill"), possibly from Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophoron, “wearing a collar")

    From Wiktionary

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