gangrel

[ gang-gruh l, -ruh l ]

/ ˈgæŋ grəl, -rəl /

noun British Dialect.

a lanky, loose-jointed person.

a wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.

Nearby words

Origin of gangrel

1300–50; Middle English; See gang¹, -rel; cf. gangling

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Examples from the Web for gangrel

But tell me, good Gerard, how it is that thou art so willing to leave kith and kin to follow a gangrel wife along the ways?
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris
And what gangrel loon is this that ye are bringing to the door by the hand?
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
And are ye in the wont of drawing up wi' a' the gangrel bodies that ye find cowering in a sand-bunker upon the links?
The Romance of Names|Ernest Weekley
Then she went slowly down from the Hill of Speech, and whoso saw her deemed her but a gangrel carline.
The House of the Wolfings|William Morris

The female replied in his stead, 'O aye, sir—troth we have a partner—a gangrel body like oursells.
Red Gauntlet|Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for gangrel

gangrel

/ (ˈɡæŋɡrəl, ˈɡæŋrəl) /

noun Scot archaic, or literary

a wandering beggar

a child just able to walk; toddler

Word Origin for gangrel

C16: from Old English gangan to go 1

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