fuseau — meaning in English

English meaning

• spindle noun A slender rod used for spinning fiber into thread, or more generally, any rod or axis that something turns on.
• stave noun One of the curved wooden strips fitted together to form the side of a barrel or cask.

Senses

fuseau is used for these senses in English:

• spindle (spinning) 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.
• 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."

Related French words