Middle English Dictionary Entry
crinkled ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | crinkled ppl. Also crenkled. |
| Etymology | Cp. cringle & MDu. crinkel, crinkelen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Full of turnings, with winding passages.
Associated quotations
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2012 : The hous is krynkeled [vrr. crynkled, crenkled, ycrynklid, ykrynkelyd, ykrenkled, cruklyd] to and fro..For it is shapen as the mase is wrought.