n. A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A shoemaker's thread.
n. A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A shoe-latchet.
n. A shoemaker's thread of hemp rubbed with rosin.
n. Anything of considerable length; a considerable length of anything.
n. See lingle.
Word Usage
"Gin he had hauden till 's fiddle, he wad hae been playin 'her the nicht, in place o' 's airm lyin 'at 's side like a lang lingel (ligneul -- shoemaker's thread).'"