ETYM Cf. Dutch mangelen. Related to Mangle.
1. To injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing.
2. To spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude.
3. To press with a mangle.

ETYM Dutch mangel, from Old Eng. mangonel a machine for throwing stones, Late Lat. manganum.
A machine for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers.