U.S. [f. next.] A branching rootlet; a ramification, a sprawl.
1896. Advance (Chicago), 21 May, 738/1. Skepticism has its roots and spreads its feeding sprangles chiefly in the affections and the will. Ibid. (1898), 19 May, 662/1. This [Philippine] archipelago lies upon the map a great sprangle of intermingled land and water.
