sprangle

verb

spran·​gle

ˈspraŋgəl,

-aiŋ-

sprangled; sprangled; sprangling

-g(ə)liŋ

; sprangles

intransitive verb

: to spread out in different directions : branch out : ramify, straggle

streams sprangle over the countryside

transitive verb

1

: to cause to sprangle : diffuse

2

: to rough up the feathers of (an arrow) as by injury or carelessness

Word History

Etymology

Middle English spranglen

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