spindle
A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres, usually consisting of a shaft and a…A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
» This good woman had never heard of the King's orders against spindles.
Meaning
17 sensesA rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
Spindel
веретено́veretenó
верете́ноvereténo
A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
the spindle of a vane
Spindel
шпи́ндельšpíndelʹ, осьosʹ
шпиндельšpyndelʹ
A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
Spindel
шпи́ндельšpíndelʹ
шпиндельšpyndelʹ
The axle of a bottom bracket.
Certain species within the genus Euonymus, historically used to manufacture spindles for wool spinning.
Spindelstrauch
берескле́тberesklét
брусли́наbruslýna
An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
check spindle
receipt spindle
The fusee of a watch.
Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
Examples
1 sentencesThis good woman had never heard of the King's orders against spindles.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteraFrom Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteration of earlier spinel, spinil, spinl (“spindle”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), equivalent to spin + -le. Cognate with Scots spindil, spinnell (“spindle”), Dutch spindel ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), German Spindel (“spindle”), Danish spindel (“spindle”), Swedish spindel (“spindle”).
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