spindel

noun19

1. •
   A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.

   • Anna Pavlovna’s soirée was now in full swing. On all sides the spindles were humming away non-stop. — 2005
2. •
   A rod which turns, or on which something turns.

   • ; the top one is acted on by the spindle and disc d, moved by the lever e — 1847
3. •
   A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
4. •
   The axle of a bottom bracket.

   • Check ball bearings for pitting, cracks, disorderly conduct; cups and cones for uneven wear; spindle for straightness. — 1972
5. •
   The fusee of a watch.
6. •
   A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
7. •
   An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
8. •
   A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
9. •
   The rod made from the above used in the spinning of wool and other natural fibres.
10. •
    Certain species within the genus Euonymus, historically used to manufacture spindles for wool spinning.
11. •
    Certain species of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
12. •
    A muscle spindle.
13. •
    A sleep spindle.
14. •
    Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
15. •
    A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
16. •
    Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
17. •
    Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
18. •
    A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
19. •
    A dragonfly.