spinning mule

noun

A machine that spins thread from fibres.

Meanings

nounspinning mule (plural spinning mules)

plural spinning mules

  1. A machine that spins thread from fibres.

Translations

Catalan mulgènua
  • mulgènuamachine that spins thread from fibres
Dutch Mule Jenny, Spinning Mule
  • Mule Jennymachine that spins thread from fibres
  • Spinning Mulemachine that spins thread from fibres
Finnish kehruumuuli
  • kehruumuulimachine that spins thread from fibres
French mule-jenny, alt. sp. mulle-jenny
  • mule-jennymachine that spins thread from fibres
  • alt. sp. mulle-jennymachine that spins thread from fibres
  • mulejenniemachine that spins thread from fibres
  • etc. The plural is in -ys ou -ies.machine that spins thread from fibres
German Spinning Mule
  • Spinning Mulemachine that spins thread from fibres
Polish przędzarka wózkowa
  • przędzarka wózkowamachine that spins thread from fibres
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Chicago

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