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spoles

spoles is the plural of spole.

Meaning of spole

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...

Questions about spoles

What is spoles the plural of?
Spoles is the plural of spole.

Words near spoles in the dictionary

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

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