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

windle

9.9
A small coil of yarn or thread kept for later use
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : madeja
  • She kept a neat windle of yarn in the basket for quick repairs.

Examples

  • She picked up a windle of yarn from the shelf.

  • Each windle was carefully labeled with the type and color of thread.

  • The weaver reached for a windle to continue her work on the loom.

  • The artist used a windle to store her thread.

  • She kept a neat windle of yarn in the basket for quick repairs.

  • Each windle was carefully labeled with the type and color of thread.

  • The weaver reached for a windle to continue her work on the loom.

Synonyms

skein
vswindle
6 8.8

A long piece of yarn or thread you wind into a loose coil for knitting

is a smaller compact coil rather than an elongated loose length
skein of yarn
vswindle
1 4.4

A long coil of yarn wound loosely for knitting or crocheting

is a smaller compact coil rather than an elongated loose length

Surface Forms

windle singular
windles plural

Morphology

windle = wind (transparent) = wind + le

Directly describes a small coil or wound bundle from 'wind' + the frequentative/diminutive '-le', so meaning is easily inferred from the base.

Etymology

The word windle can also mean a small coil or bundle of yarn, and it comes from the idea of wind 'to twist' the thread into a neat shape. So a windle is just a tidy little ball or bundle of thread made by winding.