spole

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noun

The small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.

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Meanings

nounspole (plural spoles)

plural spoles

  1. The small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.

    Firſt vvith nice eye emerging Naiads cull / From leathery pods the vegetable vvool [cotton]; / VVith vviry teeth revolving cards releaſe / The tangled knots, and ſmooth the ravell'd fleece; / […] / Then fly the ſpoles, the rapid axles glovv, / And ſlovvly circumvolves the labouring vvheel belovv.

    1789, [Erasmus Darwin], “Canto II”, in The Botanic Garden; a Poem, in Two Parts. […], London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1791, →OCLC, part II (The Loves of the Plants; 3rd edition), pages 61–62, lines 283–288

Origin

Variant of spool.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

spole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spole

MLA

“spole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spole.

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