man·drel or man·dril (m n dr l)n. 1. A spindle or an axle used to secure or support material being machined or milled. 2. A metal rod or bar around which material, such as metal or glass, may be shaped. 3. A shaft on which a working tool is mounted, as in a dental drill. [Possibly alteration of French mandrin, lathe, from Provençal mandre, axle, crank, from Old Provençal, beam of a balance, from Latin mamphur, bow-drill, perhaps from Oscan.] |
mandrel, mandril [ˈmændrəl]
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a spindle on which a workpiece is supported during machining operations
2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a shaft or arbor on which a machining tool is mounted
3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) the driving spindle in the headstock of a lathe
4. (Engineering / Tools) (Mining & Quarrying) Brit a miner's pick
[perhaps related to French mandrin lathe]
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