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Webster 1913 Edition

Spool

Spool

(spoōl)
,
Noun.
[OE.
spole
, OD.
spoele
, D.
spoel
; akin to G.
spule
, OHG.
spuola
, Dan. & Sw.
spole
.]
A piece of cane or reed with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.
Spool stand
,
an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, – used by women at their work.

Spool

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Spooled
(spoōld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Spooling
.]
To wind on a spool or spools.

Webster 1828 Edition

Spool

SPOOL

,
Noun.
[G.] A piece of cane or reed, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end; used by weavers to wind their yarn upon in order to slaie it and wind in on the beam. The spool is larger than the quill, on which yarn is wound for the shuttle. But in manufactories, the word may be differently applied.

SPOOL

,
Verb.
T.
To wind on spools.

Definition 2024

spool

spool

English

Spools

Noun

spool ‎(plural spools)

  1. A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
  2. (computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
Translations

Verb

spool ‎(third-person singular simple present spools, present participle spooling, simple past and past participle spooled)

  1. To wind on a spool or spools.
  2. (computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).
Translations

Etymology 2

From blend of spa +‎ pool.

Noun

spool ‎(plural spools)

  1. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

Anagrams

Etymology

From Middle English spole (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole), from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ ‎(“spool”), from Proto-Indo-European *spel- ‎(“to cleave, split”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Spoule ‎(“spool”), Dutch spoel ‎(“spool”), German Spule ‎(“spool”), Swedish spole ‎(“spool”), Icelandic spóla ‎(“spool; reel”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uːl
  • Rhymes: -ʊəl

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