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Definition of Inkle
1. Noun. A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
Definition of Inkle
1. n. A kind of tape or braid.
2. v. t. To guess.
Definition of Inkle
1. Verb. (transitive rare) To hint at; disclose. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive rare) To have a hint or inkling of; divine. ¹
3. Noun. Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inkle
1. a tape used for trimming [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inkle
Literary usage of Inkle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"inkle. Strange ! That I should be so blind to my interest, ... inkle. Very true!
so handsome! the whole world would laugh at me: they'd call it folly to ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1766)
"... la inkle, an ... and inkle has pro- duced, btit we never ... that the mercenary
inkle is deaf to her ..."
3. Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical & Critical. Printed by Thomas Dolby, George Damiel, D. G., G. D., John Cumberland (1827)
"Mr. inkle ! master! hole ! Trudge. Aye ; stripping is the first thing that would
happen to us ; for they seem to be woefully off for a wardrobe. ..."
4. Early Opera in America by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1915)
"2; March 2: Quaker Feb. 14; April 10: Son-in-law Feb. 16: Devil to Pay Feb.
19; March 7: April 14: Padlock Padlock Feb. 21; March 5: inkle and ..."
5. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The story in from the Spectator, No.ll. inkle ta a young ... sooner does he find
a vessel to take him to Barbadoes than he sells her for a slave. inkle and ..."
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