Sc. and Ir. ? Obs. [Of obscure origin.] A measure of yarn.
1705. Spreull, Acc. Current betw. Scot. & Eng., Misc. Writ. (1882), 12. Out of a Pound weight of Lint that grew at home, there was six Spangle of fine Yarn Spun or got out of it.
1780. A. Young, Tour Irel., I. 166. The 8 lb. [of flax] will spin into … 20 hanks or 5 spangles fit for a ten hundred cloth.
1865. Irel. & her Staple Manuf. (E.D.D.), Every hank contained a doxen cuts,… and four hanks were counted as a spangle.
