drop spindles

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of drop spindle.
  drop spindle

  noun

  a spindle which is weighted and which hangs from a length of fibre as the spinner's hands control the fibre from above.

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drop spindles

As they waited in line, some of the men swung brass prayer wheels, and some of the women spun woollen thread on drop spindles.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2015

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