a., adv. and sb. Obs. exc. dial. [Frequentative reduplication of CRANGLE; cf. CRINKLE-CRANKLE.]
A. adj. Winding in and out, twisted, having twists and turns. Also advb.
1606. Chapman, Gentl. Usher, Plays 1873, I. 261. The busky groues … With cringle-crangle hornes do ring alowd.
1781. J. Hutton, Tour to Caves, Gloss., Cringle-crangle adv., zig-zag.
1869. Lonsdale Gloss., Cring’l-crang’l, zigzag.
B. sb. A zigzag; a mass of twists and turns.
16[?]. English Rogue, 111 (N.). I had prepared a deal of scribble or cringle crangle, and so from thence began to take the height of her fortune.
1739. Poor Robin (N.). When Don Phœbus enters that cringle-crangle which the rablers would have to be a pair of heavenly scales.
