Definition of Mandril

1. Noun. Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts.

Exact synonyms: Arbor, Mandrel, Spindle
Group relationships: Drive
Generic synonyms: Rotating Shaft, Shaft

Definition of Mandril

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of mandrel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mandril

1. mandrel [n -S] - See also: mandrel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandril

mandoras
mandore
mandorla
mandorlas
mandragora
mandragoras
mandragorite
mandragorites
mandrake
mandrake root
mandrakes
mandraulic
mandred
mandrel
mandrels
mandril (current term)
mandrill
mandrills
mandrils
mandrin
mandritta
mandrittas
manduca
manducable
manducate
manducated
manducates
manducating
manducation
manducations

Literary usage of Mandril

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1849)
"The rough tube having been placed on the mandril, is drawn through this metal collar, which is placed in a holding-plate in the drawing-bench. ..."

2. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1844)
"The plaintiff, it is alleged, does not and cannot use a mandril; neither can he, ... Then we have James Russell's, for making with or without a mandril, ..."

3. Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of by Society of Arts (Great Britain, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1827)
"be readily conveyed to all the moving or rubbing parts of that end of the mandril. It is found that no oil makes its escape between ..."

4. The Mechanics' Magazine (1854)
"working end, and this end is slit through as far as the collar, to allow a taper-nut to screw it tight on a pinion-wire, which is held in the hollow mandril ..."

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