Home › Words › L › lingellingellingel means A shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax.EtymologyFrench ligneul, diminutive of Latin linea (“a linen thread”).nounA shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax.A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.e.g.“a little hemp, which he spun into lingels” — 1771, [Tobias Smollett], The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.lanier 57% match — A leather thong. vs lingel →eisengarn 56% match — A lustrous, hard-wearing yarn made by soaking cotton thread in starch and paraffin wax vs lingel →linge 56% match — To work hard. vs lingel →cingle 56% match — A kind of belt or other girdle. vs lingel →elsin 55% match — A shoemaker's awl. vs lingel →linget 53% match — Synonym of ingot. vs lingel →atingle 52% match — Tingling. vs lingel →lungis 52% match — A lingerer, lanky person, or dullard. vs lingel →