Distaff

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A staff that holds on its cleft end the unspun flax, wool, or tow from which thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
  • n. An attachment for a spinning wheel that serves this purpose.
  • n. Work and concerns traditionally considered important to women.
  • n. Women considered as a group.
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  • adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of women
  • adj. referring to the maternal side of a family
  • n. a device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (see Etymology), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
  • n. the part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun
  • n. anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only
  • n. women considered as a group
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
  • n. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In the earliest method of spinning, the staff, usually a cleft stick about 3 feet long, on which was wound a quantity of wool, cotton, or flax to be spun.
  • n. Figuratively, a woman, or the female sex.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
  • n. the sphere of work by women
  • n. the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
    • Equivalent
    feminine    distaff's day   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
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    Cross Reference
    distaff day    descent by distaff    frigg's distaff    distaff side   
    Form
    distaff side   
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