Definition of "ancle"

...as 'tis the principal opponent of that great joint the ancle...

1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 14

Her imagination was busy, her reflections were pleasant, and the pain of a sprained ancle was disregarded.

1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], page 100

A silver hoop, or ring, which the Indian women fasten round their naked ancles, because they use neither shoes nor stockings.

1818, William Cowherd, Facts authentic, in science and religion