Spindle(n.)
- The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
Spindle(n.)
- A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.
Spindle(n.)
- The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc.
Spindle(n.)
- The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
Spindle(n.)
- A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.