spole

Etymology

Variant of spool.

spole means the small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.“Firſt vvith nice eye emerging Naiads cull / From leathery pods the vegetable vvool [cotton]; / VVith vviry teeth revolving cards releaſe / The tangled knots, and ſmooth the ravell'd fleece; / […] / Then fly the ſpoles, the rapid axles glovv, / And ſlovvly circumvolves the labouring vvheel belovv.”