Definition of spindle
- n. - The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by
which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound;
also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in
the shuttle of a loom.
- n. - A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as,
the spindle of a vane.
- n. - The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a
lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or
carries a tool or center, etc.
- n. - The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill
turns.
- n. - A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
- n. - The fusee of a watch.
- n. - A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
- n. - A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards;
in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- n. - A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about
its base or double ordinate or chord.
- n. - Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; --
called also spindle stromb.
- n. - Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.
- v. i. - To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to
become disproportionately tall and slender.