pritchel

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/ˈpɹɪt͡ʃəl/

noun

A metal punch or shaping tool with a round shank, designed to fit in a pritchel hole in an anvil.

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Meanings

nounpritchel (plural pritchels)

plural pritchels

  1. A metal punch or shaping tool with a round shank, designed to fit in a pritchel hole in an anvil.
verbpritchel (third-person singular simple present pritchels, present participle (US) pritcheling or (UK) pritchelling, simple past and past participle (US) pritcheled or (UK) pritchelled)

present singular third person pritchels · US participle present pritcheling · UK participle present pritchelling · US participle past pritcheled · US past pritcheled · UK participle past pritchelled · UK past pritchelled

  1. To use this tool.

Origin

Alteration (influenced by pritch) of prickle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pritchel

Mitchell
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Anagrams

chirplet
Cite this entry
APA

pritchel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pritchel

MLA

“pritchel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pritchel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pritchel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pritchel.

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