What is "manderil"

mandril \mandril\ n. any of various shafts that rotate or serve as axes for larger rotating parts. [Written also manderil and mandrel.]

Syn: spindle, mandrel, arbor.

Mandrel \Man"drel\, n. [F. mandrin, prob. through (assumed) LL. mamphurinum, fr. L. mamphur a bow drill.] (Mach.)

1. A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.

2. The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.

   Mandrel lathe, a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp. for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning or spinning.

n. A mandrel.