throstle

/ˈθɹɒsəl/

Etymology

From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

throstle means A song thrush. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

THROSTLE — [Noun] A song thrush, or a machine for the continuous spinning of wool or cotton. From Middle English throstle, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos ("thrush"). Unlike "thrush" (a broad, taxonomic label) or "mule" (a spinning machine of intermittent, jerking action), a throstle denotes a resonant, dual constancy. It is the speckled bird pouring its bright, recursive song into the rain-washed dawn; it is the factory frame of polished brass and whirling bobbins, humming one endless, mechanical note; it is the same word, worn smooth by centuries, binding organic melody to industrial rhythm—a testament to the quiet labor that spins air into song, or fleece into yarn.

noun

A song thrush.“The Throstell, with shrill Sharps; as purposely he song / T’awake the lustlesse Sunne; or chyding, that so long”
A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.“THE RING THROSTLE. / A Throstle under the above title has been recently introduced from America, the principal novel feature of which, is a substitute for the flyer and heavy spindle of the common throstle, and for the cone or cape, and the barrel tube of the Danforth throstle.”