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lingel

The English word “lingel” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A shoemaker's thread rubbed with beeswax.
  2. A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.

Etymology

French ligneul, diminutive of Latin linea (“a linen thread”).

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