wringle-|ˈrɪŋg(ə)l|the verb-stem used attrib. in wringle-gut, -strawdial., † -tail: (seequots.).1658Rowland tr.Moufet's Theat. Ins. 937 There is another Fly..which Pennius cals Curvicaudem[= curved tail], very well in English a Wringle-tail, in regard that..he bends his tail towards him with his sting started.1691Ray N. Co. Words (ed. 2) 84 Wringle-streas, or Straws,..Windle-Straws.1777in Eng.Dial.Dict.s.v., Wringle-gut, one who frets his guts to fiddle-strings by twisting and turning his body.1877Holderness Gloss. 160 Wringlesthreea,..a coarse grass.