throstle

== English == === Alternative forms === throstell (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθɹɒsəl/ Rhymes: -ɒsəl === Noun === throstle (plural throstles) (dialectal or archaic) A song thrush. 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. ==== Translations ==== === References === “throstle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.