thros·tle /ˈθrɑsəl/
畫眉鳥,紡織機的一種
Thros·tle n.
1. Zool. The song thrush. See under Song.
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; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.
Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
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throstle
n 1: a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of
cotton or wool continuously
2: common Old World thrush noted for its song [syn: song
thrush, mavis, Turdus philomelos]