distaff
A device to which a bundle of natural fibres is attached for temporary storage, before…A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) is attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
» She took the distaff and the wool she had just unraveled in order to begin spinning.
Значення
значень: 5A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) is attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
Rocken, Spinnrocken, Kunkel
пря́слицаprjáslica, пря́слицеprjáslice
пря́сельцеprjáselʹce, пря́слицеprjáslyce, пря́слоprjáslo
The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.
Rocken, Spinnrocken, Kunkel
пря́слицаprjáslica, пря́слицеprjáslice
пря́сельцеprjáselʹce, пря́слицеprjáslyce, пря́слоprjáslo
the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only.
A race for female horses only.
(також, збірне)A woman, or women considered as a group.
the sphere of work by women
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речень: 1She took the distaff and the wool she had just unraveled in order to begin spinning.
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мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English distaf (“distaff”), from Old English distæf (“distaff”), from *dis- (“From Middle English distaf (“distaff”), from Old English distæf (“distaff”), from *dis- (“bunch of flax”) (cognate with Middle Low German dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”)) + stæf (“staff”) (from Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-). Senses 3 and 5 (“anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only”; “a woman, or women considered as a group”) refer to the fact that spinning was traditionally done by women.
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