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spole

spole noun: the small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.

Noun

spole (plural spoles)

  1. The small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.
    • Firſt vvith nice eye emerging Naiads cull / From leathery pods the vegetable vvool [cotton]; / VVith vviry teeth revolving cards releaſe / The tangled knots, and ſmooth the ravell'd fleece; / […] / Then fly the ſpoles, the rapid axles glovv, / And ſlovvly circumvolves the labouring vvheel belovv.1789, [Erasmus Darwin], “Canto II”, in The Botanic Garden; a Poem, in Two Parts. […], London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1791, →OCLC, part II (The Loves of the Plants; 3rd edition), pages...

Forms of spole

pluralspoles

Origin of spole

Variant of spool.

Questions about spole

What does spole mean?
Spole means the small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.
What part of speech is spole?
Spole is a noun.
What is the plural of spole?
The plural of spole is spoles.

Words near spole in the dictionary

  1. spokiness
  2. spoking
  3. spokon
  4. Spoks
  5. spoky
  6. spole
  7. spoles
  8. spolia
  9. spolia opima
  10. spoliaria
  11. spoliaries

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