English Explanatory Dictionary

throstle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A song thrush.
  2. A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous.

Pronunciation

/ˈθɹɒsəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-throstle.wav

Word forms

throstle throstles throstell

Etymology

From Middle English throstle, throstel, from Old English þrostle, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā, possibly altered from or a diminutive of *þurstaz, related to *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

Derived words

throstlecock
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