schranken.
to put crosswise
Meaning & usage
to put crosswise
to alternate
to tilt, bend, skew
to tilt, bend, skew to skew into an oblique or crooked position
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schranken (“to place crosswise, especially to cross one's legs”), derived from schranke. Compare German schräg (“skewed, oblique, slanted”). Not a direct cognate of German schränken, which is cognate with similarly umlauted Middle Dutch schrenken.
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