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Definition of throstle in English: throstlenoun ˈθrɒs(ə)lˈθrɔsəl 1British old-fashioned term for song thrush Example sentencesExamples - But at least the throstle is still there, keeping the memory and the spirit alive and that is very important.
- A stone along the way shows the nest of the throstle, or thrush, no doubt because the town is sometimes referred to as the’ throstle's nest of England.’
- Coleridge also saw a bird in a larch tree, a ‘throstle’ or thrush in a larch appears in a version of what became his Dejection Ode.
2historical A machine for continuously spinning wool or cotton. 〈史〉精梳毛纺机器，翼锭精纺机 Example sentencesExamples - Wider cards were introduced, lappers installed, geared speeders adopted, and ring spinning substituted for throstle frames.
- There were two kinds of throstle spinners, one kind for the warp yarn and one kind for the filling yarn.
- He had carding machinery and 9,000 throstle frame spinning spindles in a three storey building alongside the brook, and 240 looms in a weaving shed alongside Chaddock Lane.
- Additionally, the historical development of the site appeared to reflect the progression of spinning technology through the water and throstle frames, and the self-acting mule.
- Mule and ring spinning started in place of the throstle frames.
OriginOld English, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin turdus 'thrush'. sense 2 dates from the early 19th century and was apparently named from the humming sound of the machine. Rhymesapostle, colossal, dossal, fossil, glossal, jostle Definition of throstle in US English: throstlenounˈTHrôsəlˈθrɔsəl 1British old-fashioned term for song thrush Example sentencesExamples - Coleridge also saw a bird in a larch tree, a ‘throstle’ or thrush in a larch appears in a version of what became his Dejection Ode.
- A stone along the way shows the nest of the throstle, or thrush, no doubt because the town is sometimes referred to as the’ throstle's nest of England.’
- But at least the throstle is still there, keeping the memory and the spirit alive and that is very important.
2historical A machine for continuously spinning wool or cotton. 〈史〉精梳毛纺机器，翼锭精纺机 Example sentencesExamples - There were two kinds of throstle spinners, one kind for the warp yarn and one kind for the filling yarn.
- Additionally, the historical development of the site appeared to reflect the progression of spinning technology through the water and throstle frames, and the self-acting mule.
- Wider cards were introduced, lappers installed, geared speeders adopted, and ring spinning substituted for throstle frames.
- Mule and ring spinning started in place of the throstle frames.
- He had carding machinery and 9,000 throstle frame spinning spindles in a three storey building alongside the brook, and 240 looms in a weaving shed alongside Chaddock Lane.
OriginOld English, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin turdus ‘thrush’. throstle (sense 2) dates from the early 19th century and was apparently named from the humming sound of the machine. |