spinning wheel

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noun

a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.

Words nearby spinning wheel

spinning mule, spinning reel, spinning ring, spinning rod, spinning top, spinning wheel, spino-, spinobulbar, spinocerebellum, spinode, spinone italiano

Origin of spinning wheel

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425

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Examples from the Web for spinning wheel

Mistress Ramsay was seated at her spinning-wheel, anxiously brooding over the tales of the day.
Horse-Shoe Robinson|John Pendleton Kennedy
When you were younger I made you a present of a spinning-wheel; later I sent you finery.
True to His Home|Hezekiah Butterworth
So before he left the cave he vowed that his little wife should never touch a spinning-wheel, and he kept his word.
More English Fairy Tales|Various
But the room was quite dark, and there was no sound of the spinning-wheel.
The Princess and the Goblin|George MacDonald

There was no carpet on the floor—no table anywhere—nothing but the spinning-wheel and the chair beside it.
The Princess and the Goblin|George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for spinning wheel

spinning wheel

noun

a wheel-like machine for spinning at home, having one hand- or foot-operated spindle

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spinning wheel

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British Dictionary definitions for spinning wheel

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