(spinning) 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.

(transitive) To make into a long tapered shape. / (intransitive) To take on a long tapered shape. / (transitive) To impale on a device for holding paper documents.

plural of spindle

simple past tense and past participle of spindle

plural of spindleful

Enough to fill a spindle.

present participle of spindle

spindly; very long and slender

Anything long and slender, like a shoot.

plural of spindling