Meaning

noun (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle

noun a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.

noun any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts

originFrom Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteration of earlier spinel, spinil, spinl (“spindle”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), equivalent to spin + -le. Cognate with Scots spindil, spinnell (“spindle”), Dutch spindel ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), German Spindel (“spindle”), Danish spindel (“spindle”), Swedish spindel…

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