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Meaning of spole | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

spolia spolia opima spoliarium spoliary Spoliation Spoliations

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