[f. CRANKLE v. + -ING1.] A twisting or winding in and out.
1598. Florio, Catapecchie … cranklings, turnings in and out.
1611. Cotgr., Les replis d’une Riuiere, the manifold cranklings and wriglings made in and out by a Riuer in its course.
1835. Beckford, Recoll., 137. Saxon crinklings and cranklings are bad enough … the Moorish horse-shoe-like deviations from beautiful curves, little better.
