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spinning wheel Definition

spinning wheel

noun

a simple spinning machine fitted with a single spindle driven by the rotation of a large wheel spun by a foot treadle or by hand

spinning wheel Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: But the cotton could not be spun quickly enough in the domestic system by hand-spinners using spinning wheels.
spinning-wheel Quotes

I claim that in losing the spinning wheel we lost our left lung.We are, therefore, suffering from galloping consumption. The restoration of the wheel arrests the progress of the†disease.

—[great soul]

Browse dictionary entries near spinning wheel

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  8. ‹ spinnaker
  9. ‹ spininess
  10. ‹ spinifex
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