mandrel

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmæn.dɹəl/ === Noun === mandrel (plural mandrels) A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it. A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved. ==== Synonyms ==== spindle, arbor ==== Coordinate terms ==== chuck ==== Translations ==== === Verb === mandrel (third-person singular simple present mandrels, present participle (US) mandreling or (UK) mandrelling, simple past and past participle (US) mandreled or (UK) mandrelled) (transitive) To shape with a mandrel. === References === Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN === Anagrams === merland