throstle
Significat (Anglès)
- (archaic, dialectal) A song thrush.
- A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.
Conceptes
Sinònims
Turdus philomelos
spinning machine
Traduccions
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈθɹɒsəl/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.
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