🧵 A thread spinner 🪵 A spindle maker

spindler

8.2

A person who runs machines that spin thread in a cloth factory

noun

Archaic

: hilador

The spindler carefully monitored the spinning machines throughout her shift.

Examples

In the 19th century, a skilled spindler was essential to every textile factory.
He learned the trade of a spindler from his father, who worked in the same mill.
The spindler worked diligently at the mill.
Many spindlers were employed in the textile factory.
The spindler carefully monitored the spinning machines throughout her shift.
In the 19th century, a skilled spindler was essential to every textile factory.
He learned the trade of a spindler from his father, who worked in the same mill.

Synonyms

spinner

vsspindler

4 5.3

A person who turns fibers into thread using a wheel

operates mill machines rather than using wheel-based tools

thrower

vsspindler

Archaic

1 8.7

A person who twists fibers like silk to make thread

works on a wider range of fibers rather than only silk or rayon

thread maker

vsspindler

5.5

A person who twists fibers into yarn for use in cloth

uses industrial spinning machines in mills rather than simple twisting

throwster

vsspindler

Archaic

9.9

A person who twists silk or other fibers to make thread

works on a wider range of fibers rather than only silk or rayon

How Skilled

thread maker

5.5

spinner

4 5.3

spindler

Archaic

8.2

Surface Forms

spindler singular

spindlers plural

Morphology

spindler = spindle (opaque) = spindle + er

Although the form looks like 'spindle' + '-er', the specialized occupational sense 'a person who operates a spinning machine or spins thread' is not a straightforward, fully predictable agentive meaning for most learners.

Etymology

Spindler comes from spin and spindle, words about turning thread, with the -er ending showing 'a person who does' something. So a spindler is someone who works at spinning—running machines or spinning thread in a mill.