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纺锤 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • stave noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.

Senses

纺锤 is used for these senses in English:

  • stave One of the bars or rounds of a rack, rungs of a ladder, etc; one of the cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel

stave — full definition

  1. noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.
  2. noun A stanza of a poem or song; also the set of five lines music is written on.
  3. verb To break a hole in something, especially a barrel or boat hull ("stave in").
  4. verb To keep something away or delay it, especially in the phrase "stave off."

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