🧵 A winding tool 🧶 A bundle of thread 🔄 To coil

windle

9.9

A small tool like a spool that holds wrapped yarn

noun

Archaic

: bobina

A wooden windle made the process of preparing yarn much easier.

Examples

She used a windle to create beautiful yarn.
She learned how to wind thread onto a windle in her weaving class.
The artisan used a windle to neatly organize the spun yarn.
The artisan crafted a traditional windle for spinning.
The artisan used a windle to neatly organize the spun yarn.
She learned how to wind thread onto a windle in her weaving class.
A wooden windle made the process of preparing yarn much easier.

Synonyms

bobbin

vswindle

4 6.3

A small round spool that holds thread, wire, or film in machines like a sewing machine

is a broader simple winding tool rather than only a small spool

spindle

vswindle

2 7.5

A thin stick used for twisting and winding fibers into yarn

is a simple winding tool without the spinning and twisting function

winder

vswindle

Specialized

1 6.8

A device that turns springs, thread, rope or film

is a simple nonmechanical winding tool rather than a device

Surface Forms

windle singular

windles plural

Morphology

windle = wind (semi-transparent) = wind + le

Formed from 'wind' + the frequentative/diminutive '-le', but the sense 'a tool' requires an additional nominal meaning that is not a straightforward predictable derivation for learners.

Etymology

The word windle originally named a small tool for winding thread and comes from the same idea as wind 'to twist', so think of a little spool that turns to collect yarn. So a windle is a simple spindle or bobbin used to wind and hold thread.