1. Petit instrument de bois de la longueur d'environ un demi-pied, qui est arrondi partout, renflé ŕ son milieu, fort menu par les bouts, et dont les femmes se servent pour filer et tordre le fil.
2. Division d'une surface sphérique. Fuseau horaire.
ETYM as. spinal, from spinnan to spin; akin to Dutch spil, German spille, spindel, Old High Germ. spinnala. Related to Spin.
1. Any of various shafts that rotate or serve as axes for larger rotating parts; SYN. mandrel, mandril, arbor.
2. A stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning.
3. (Biology) Tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle.