twitchel
1 of 3noun (1)
twitch·el
ˈtwichəl
plural -s
dialectal, England
: a path between hedges
twitchel
2 of 3noun (2)
"
plural -s
dialectal, England
: noose, twitch
twitchel
3 of 3transitive verb
"
twitchelled; twitchelled; twitchelling; twitchels
dialectal, England
: to tie up with a twitchel
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English twychel, alteration of twychen, from Old English twicen fork in a road; akin to Old English twi-
Noun (2)
twitch entry 1 + -el (suffix used to denote an instrument)
- seventh-inning stretch
- seventher
- seventhest
- seventhlier
- seventhliest
- seventhly
- sevenths
- seventier
- seventies
- seventiest
- seventieth
- seventieths
- seventop
- seventy
- seventy-eight
- seventy-eighth
- seventy-fifth
- seventy-first
- seventy-five
- seventy-four
- seventy-fourth
- seventy-nine
- seventy-ninth
- seventy-one
- seventy-second