[f. TANGLE v.1 + -ING2.] That tangles, in various senses of the verb.
a. 1586. Sidney, Ps. XXV. x. This Lord … will set free My feet from tangling net.
1667. Milton, P. L., IV. 176. The undergrowth of shrubs and tangling bushes.
1756. H. Jones, Earl of Essex, 17. Amidst thy tangling snares involv’d.
1801. Bloomfield, Rural T., Walter & Jane, 115. When to these tangling thoughts I’ve been resigned.
Hence Tanglingly adv., in a tangling manner.
1847. in Webster.
