machinule

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “machine + -ule?”)

Noun

machinule (plural machinules)

1. (obsolete) An instrument used by surveyors to find right angles.

References

• “machinule”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Mauchline