throstle

[ thros-uhl ]

/ ˈθrɒs əl /

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noun

British (chiefly Literary). the song thrush.

Obsolete. a machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., in which the twisting and winding are simultaneous and continuous.

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Origin of throstle

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch drossel,German Drossel; akin to Old Norse thrǫstr,Latin turdus thrush

Words nearby throstle

throne, throne room, throng, thronner, thronos, throstle, throttle, throttleable, throttle-body injection, Throttlebottom, throttlehold

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How to use throstle in a sentence

We'll find a green brae by a babblin' burn aneath a snawy hawthorn, whaur the throstle sings an' the blackbird whustles.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
I wonder if even a throstle would not get out of tune were it sentenced to life-long captivity?
Mavis of Green Hill|Faith Baldwin
The number of spindles in a throstle frame 12 feet long, is about 60 on each side.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
The rest of this flax-spinning apparatus resembles in every respect the throstle frame of the cotton-spinner.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

This morn a throstle piped to me,''Tis time that mates were wooed and won— The daffodils are on the lea.'
Love's Usuries|Louis Creswicke

British Dictionary definitions for throstle

throstle

/ (ˈθrɒsəl) /

noun

a poetic name for the thrush, esp the song thrush

a spinning machine for wool or cotton in which the fibres are twisted and wound continuously

Word Origin for throstle

Old English; related to Old Saxon throsla, Old Norse thröstr, Middle High German drostel

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