fankle /ˈfæŋkəl/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A tangled condition.But sometimes they didn't go the way they should - and jammed, and each one behind it started to jam too, and I had to work like a madman to catch up, before the anchor-chain fouled into a fankle […] — 1954 verb1 •To tangle or entangle. formsfankled · fankling · fankles