hand-spinning wheel
1Spinning wheel — Spinning Spin ning, a. & n. from {Spin}. [1913 Webster] {Spinning gland} (Zo[ o]l.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv[ae]. {Spinning house}, formerly a common name for a house of… …
2spinning wheel — n. 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 …
3Spinning wheel — For the computer animation commonly found on the Internet, see Spinning wheel (animation). For the Blood, Sweat Tears song, see Spinning Wheel (song). Irish spinning wheel around 1900 Library of Congress collection A spinning wheel is a device… …
4spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot. [1375 1425; late ME] * * * Early machine for turning textile fibre into thread …
5spinning wheel — noun a small domestic spinning machine with a single spindle that is driven by hand or foot • Hypernyms: ↑spinning machine • Part Meronyms: ↑distaff, ↑leg, ↑spindle * * * noun, pl ⋯ wheels [count] : a machine that was used in the past for making… …
6spinning wheel — spin′ning wheel n. tex a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot • Etymology: 1375–1425 …
7spinning-wheel — spinnˈing wheel noun A machine for spinning yarn, consisting of a wheel driven by the hand or by a treadle, which drives one or two spindles • • • Main Entry: ↑spin …
8spinning wheel — /ˈspɪnɪŋ wil / (say spining weel) noun a device for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot …
9spinning wheel — noun Date: 15th century a small domestic hand driven or foot driven machine for spinning yarn or thread …
10spinning wheel — noun a domestic device for making yarn or thread; having a single spindle and a wheel driven by hand or foot See Also: spindle …
