reeler

[ree-ler]

noun

1. a person or thing that reels. reel.

2. a machine for burnishing the exterior and interior of seamless tubing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reeler¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; reel ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The women reelers in the silk filatures of Shanghai get from eight to eleven cents for eleven hours of work.

From Project Gutenberg

Better stockpile the popcorn; this is a multiple reeler.

From Time

It's so possible for you to collect all these marbles, Jimmy—reelers, every one of them!—if you'll only start now and do nothing else for the next thirty or forty years.

From Project Gutenberg

Biddy and Sally, as every one expected, were far ahead of the rest, but so even in their spinning that the reelers could not for the life of them declare which was the better.

From Project Gutenberg

There isn’t a power reeler or loom in the town, nor yet a loom of the Jacquard type.

From Project Gutenberg