Sentence examples for the spindles from inspiring English sources
noun
A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
"The spindles give as you lean into it," he said, praising the construction.
"I use screws only as a fail-safe to hold the spindles in".
The spindles on boring machines may rotate about vertical or horizontal axes.
Today, the spindles are a rebellion against the pallor of their neighbouring trees; they are brave impressionist paintings among the ash and crab apple.
But all I could see was the oak banister I used to slide down, and under it, the spindles, stripped of their paint.
Someone wearing green boxer shorts and no pants broke the spindles off a banister and urinated in a stairwell.
He shaved the spindles with a handmade shaving horse and wedged together most of the 100-plus joints.
She lived that long, but she did not walk very well, partly because she was only fifteen months old, and partly because the spindles of her legs could not hold up her fat belly.
Rubber springs are set between the spindles of the guide wheels, steady wheels and support arms.
And two proteins that help organize the spindles, called NuMA and HSET, were missing.
Rubber springs, the pre-compressed magnitudes of which could be adjusted, are set between the spindles and support arms.
