Meaning

noun a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

verb transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a printer) into temporary storage

verb wind onto a spool or a reel

originFrom Middle English spole (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole), from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (“spool”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to cleave, split”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Spoule (“spool”), Dutch spoel (“spool”), German Spule (“spool”), Swedish spole (“spool”), Icelandic spóla (“spool; reel”). The aviation…

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