throstle
British (chiefly Literary). the song thrush.
Obsolete. a machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., in which the twisting and winding are simultaneous and continuous.
Origin of throstle
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How to use throstle in a sentence
We'll find a green brae by a babblin' burn aneath a snawy hawthorn, whaur the throstle sings an' the blackbird whustles.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonI wonder if even a throstle would not get out of tune were it sentenced to life-long captivity?
Mavis of Green Hill | Faith BaldwinThe number of spindles in a throstle frame 12 feet long, is about 60 on each side.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe rest of this flax-spinning apparatus resembles in every respect the throstle frame of the cotton-spinner.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThis morn a throstle piped to me,''Tis time that mates were wooed and won— The daffodils are on the lea.'
Love's Usuries | Louis Creswicke
British Dictionary definitions for throstle
/ (ˈθrɒsəl) /
a poetic name for the thrush, esp the song thrush
a spinning machine for wool or cotton in which the fibres are twisted and wound continuously
Origin of throstle
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