spindleage

or spin·dlage

[ spin-dl-ij ]

/ ˈspɪn dl ɪdʒ /

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noun

total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.

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Origin of spindleage

spindle + -age

Words nearby spindleage

spin a yarn, spin bowler, spin casting, spin control, spindle, spindleage, spindle file, spindle-legged, spindlelegs, spindleshanks, spindle side

How to use spindleage in a sentence

Borrowing money to bring its spindleage up to thirty thousand, it expanded to 43,000 spindles on earnings.
The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South|Broadus Mitchell
The world's cotton spindleage in 1919 is estimated at 149.4 million spindles.
The American Empire|Scott Nearing