mandrel or man·dril [man-druh l] ExamplesWord Origin noun Machinery.
- a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- a spindle on which a circular saw or grinding wheel rotates.
- the driving spindle in the headstock of a lathe.
Origin of mandrel 1510–20; perhaps akin to French mandrin Examples from the Web for mandril Historical Examples of mandril
The instruments are made of soft iron, and are fixed in leaden chucks, which can be readily fastened to one end of the mandril.
Edward Hazen
Find the pitch of the lead screw, and at the head of that column is the number of teeth for the lathe stud or mandril.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II
Joshua Rose
Hollow work, as nuts and washers, may be equally operated on being driven by a mandril held in the chuck.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II
Joshua Rose
“He’s going to drink it,” screamed the Mandril; “battery will fire a salvo;” and he seized two oranges from the sideboard.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Sept. 26, 1917
Various
A child is employed to make them red-hot, and to lay them on a mandril nicely fitted to their size.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for mandril mandrel mandril noun
- a spindle on which a workpiece is supported during machining operations
- a shaft or arbor on which a machining tool is mounted
- the driving spindle in the headstock of a lathe
- British a miner’s pick
Word Origin for mandrel C16: perhaps related to French mandrin lathe Word Origin and History for mandril mandrel n.
“miner’s pick,” 1510s, of unknown origin; perhaps borrowed from French mandrin, itself of unknown origin. Also applied from 17c. to parts of a lathe or a circular saw.
mandril in Medicine mandrel n.
- A shaft on which a working tool is mounted, as in a dental drill.
- mandrin