spindling

American  

[spind-ling] / ˈspɪnd lɪŋ /

adjective

1. long or tall and slender, often disproportionately so.

2. growing into a long, slender stalk or stem, often too slender or weak to remain upright.

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noun

1. a spindling person or thing.

spindling British  

/ ˈspɪndlɪŋ /

adjective

1. long and slender, esp disproportionately so

2. (of stalks, shoots, etc) becoming long and slender

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noun

1. a spindling person or thing

Etymology

Origin of spindling

First recorded in 1740–50; spindle + -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Dior’s saddle bags, spindling stiletto heels, Tiffany & Co.’s heart-shaped charm bracelets — all visual elements of Paris Hilton’s “rich bitch” phenomenon — heralded a trend for brazen excess.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2017

Take private classes in felting, drop spindling, rug hooking, natural dyeing and basic weaving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 30, 2015

They interviewed the prodigy�a spindling girl of twelve, physically immature, with solemn eyes, a quick tongue, a shrill treble voice.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Choate, in 1931, Teacher Fitts took spindling, six-foot Student Laughlin in hand, introduced him to the work of such dedicated modern versifiers as T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and E. E. Cummings.

From Time Magazine Archive

It swept on into a spindling pine wood.

From The Fifth-Dimension Tube by Leinster, Murray