Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mandrel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mandrel \Man"drel\, n. [F. mandrin, prob. through (assumed) LL.
mamphurinum, fr. L. mamphur a bow drill.] (Mach.)
(a) 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.
(b) The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving
arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a
pulley. [Written also {manderil}.]
{Mandrel lathe}, a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp.
for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning or
spinning.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mandrel
n : any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger
rotating parts [syn: {spindle}, {mandril}, {arbor}]
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