Definition of "inkle"

inkle¹

verb
third-person singular simple present inkles, present participle inkling, simple past and past participle inkled
1. (transitive, rare) To hint at; disclose.
2. (transitive, rare) To have a hint or inkling of; divine.

inkle²

noun
countable and uncountable, plural inkles
1. Narrow linen tape, used for trimmings or to make shoelaces
  Quotations
  COSTARD - '… What's the price of this inkle?'
  c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]