Meaning

noun a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector

noun music composed for dancing a reel

noun winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod

originFrom Middle English reel, reele, from Old English rēol, hrēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hrehul, from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz, *hrahilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“to weave, beat”). Cognate with Icelandic ræl, hræll.

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