conocchia — meaning in English
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English meaning
- distaff noun A tool that holds a bundle of fibres such as wool or flax so they can be pulled off little by little and spun into thread.
Senses
conocchia is used for these senses in English:
- distaff A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
- distaff The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.
distaff — full definition
- noun A tool that holds a bundle of fibres such as wool or flax so they can be pulled off little by little and spun into thread.
- noun The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.
- noun (dated) Something traditionally seen as belonging to women, or done only by them.
- noun A horse race that only female horses can enter.
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