wrangle ? what does it mean?

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just my curiousity…. I know how to use point wrangle, but the point of my question is where does this ‘wrangle’ word come from ? why is it named as wrangle ? i tried search the dictionary and couldn't find the proper meaning related to the function of this wrangle node. Does anyone have any idea ?
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It has to do with keeping track of cows. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/263712/what-does-come-on-lets-wrangle-up-the-cattle-mean [english.stackexchange.com]

Now its not cows but points that are put into shape or manipulated…
Thats why there is a cowboy hat as a icon
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“to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.”
This makes sense sometimes too.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/wrangle [www.dictionary.com]
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I would think it's the transitive verb definition that makes sense.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrangle [www.merriam-webster.com]

“to herd and care for (livestock and especially horses) on the range”

but instead of livestock like horses, we are applying the action to the things like points, prims, vertices, etc.

but yeah…in that process one may become intransitive
Edited by BabaJ - April 24, 2018 16:36:13
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