distaff

«distaff» in Mova's school dictionary: A stick or stand that holds wool or flax while it is spun… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (distaffs)

meaning for a pupil

(old use) A stick or stand that holds wool or flax while it is spun into thread by hand. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a spinning tool used by the wife or the spinner in the house

examples

• The old wife sat by the fire and worked at her distaff. tree →
• She spun the thread from the distaff all day. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «distaff» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.