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- 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 (see Etymology), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist
- distaff
- referring to the maternal side of a family
- distaff
- of, relating to, or characteristic of women
- distaff
- the part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun
- distaff
- {n} a staff used in spinning, a woman
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- women considered as a group
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- anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only
- distaff
- {i} part of a spinning wheel that holds the wool, spindle
- distaff
- the part of a spinning wheel from which thread is drawn to be spun
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- characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
- distaff
- the sphere of work by women
- distaff
- the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning the sphere of work by women
- distaff
- a spindle, the rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres, especially wool
- distaff
- a stick, used in the past for spinning wool. Device used in hand spinning in which individual fibres are drawn out of a mass of prepared fibres held on a stick (the distaff), twisted together to form a continuous strand, and wound on a second stick (the spindle). It is most often used for making linen; wool does not require a distaff (see carding). The first stage in mechanizing spinning was to mount the spindle horizontally in bearings to rotate with a large hand-driven wheel; the distaff, carrying the mass of fibre, was held in the left hand, and the spinning wheel slowly turned with the right. The Saxon, or Saxony, wheel incorporated a bobbin on which the yarn was wound continuously; the distaff holding the raw fibre became a stationary vertical rod, and the wheel was activated by a foot treadle, freeing both the operator's hands. From 17th-century England, the word distaff became a synonym for maternal as most spinning was done by women in their homes. See also domestic system
- distaff
- Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively
- distaff
- The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand
- distaff
- the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
- distaff
- rock