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Gangle vs Hangle - What's the difference?

gangle | hangle |

As a verb gangle

is to move in a manner characteristic of a gangling person.

As a noun hangle is

a hook in a chimney for hanging a pot; a hanger.

gangle

English

Verb

(gangl)
  • To move in a manner characteristic of a gangling person

    • References

    * OED 1993 (online)

    hangle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hook in a chimney for hanging a pot; a hanger.
  • A form of hanger by which the scabbard of a sword was suspended, attached not necessarily to the girdle, but sometimes to two rings fastened to the cuirass at its bottom edge, one over the left hip, the other near the middle of the back.