rightle
English
editEtymology
editBy surface analysis, right + -le; or perhaps an alteration of Middle English rightlechen (“to correct, rectify”), from Old English rihtlǣċan (“to make right, rectify, correct, amend”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editrightle (third-person singular simple present rightles, present participle rightling, simple past and past participle rightled)
- (transitive, dialectal) To set in order, put right; to repair, adapt.
- Her husband's been helping her to get things rightled a bit.