Meanings (ES + gloss)
fuso (disused) • huso
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.
palier • semieje
A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning t…
the spindle of a vane
tarrina
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.
Phrases