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🧵 A thread spinner 🪵 A spindle maker
spindler

spindler

9.9
A person who makes or fixes thin wooden sticks used for spinning thread
  • noun
  • /ˈspɪndlər/
  • Archaic
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  • The old spindler was known for his skill in crafting fine wooden spindles.

Examples

  • In the past, every village had a spindler to repair broken spinning tools.

  • A skilled spindler could create spindles that lasted for generations.

  • The spindler crafted beautiful wooden spindles.

  • Many spindlers worked in the small village.

  • The old spindler was known for his skill in crafting fine wooden spindles.

  • In the past, every village had a spindler to repair broken spinning tools.

  • A skilled spindler could create spindles that lasted for generations.

Synonyms

woodturner
vsspindler
  • Specialized
5.4

A person who shapes wood on a machine that spins it to make bowls or furniture parts

focuses on making and repairing a single traditional turned part

Surface Forms

spindler singular
spindlers plural

Morphology

spindler = spindle (transparent) = spindle + er

This is a regular agentive formation from 'spindle' + '-er', so the sense 'a person who makes or repairs spindles' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Spindler comes from spindle, the small rod used for spinning, and the verb spin which means 'to turn'. The -er ending means 'someone who does', so a spindler is someone who made or repaired those turning rods, which explains the meaning of a maker or repairer of spindles.