throstle
/ˈθrɒsl/noun
1
- Brit. old-fashioned term for SONG THRUSH.〈英, 旧〉同SONG THRUSH.
2
- （亦作throstle frame）historical a machine for continuously spinning wool or cotton〈史〉精梳毛纺机器, 翼锭精纺机。
词源
Old English， of Germanic origin， from an Indo-European root shared by Latin turdus 'thrush'. Sense 2 dates from the early 19th cent. and was apparently named from the humming sound of the machine.