Definitions
form a curl, curve, or kink
Word origin
From metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), of uncertain origin but probably from an unrecorded Old English word or from Middle Dutch crul, crulle (“curl”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), connected to *krūsą (“curl”), of unknown origin.
Used in a sentence
“My hair doesn't have much curl.”
“[…]she took it down, looked long and fondly at it, then, shaking her curls about her face, as if to hide the act, pressed it to her lips and seemed to weep over it in an uncontrollable paroxysm of tender grief.”
“[…] the backs of their necks and their forelegs are decorated with curls and their necks and bodies are covered with fine, undulating lines.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Spiral lock”4 letters
02“Small ringlet”4 letters
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