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

Then, even more than today, the citizenry instinctively loathed the computer and its injunctions against folding, spindling and mutilating.

From Time Magazine Archive

Practicing against men has taught them that the most effective shots are not necessarily the swiftest, that the spindling bat should be controlled not with the forearm, like a tennis racquet, but with the wrist.

From Time Magazine Archive

His chest was narrow, his arms and legs spindling and flabby.

From 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story by Copus, John E.