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distaff <a distaff; distaffs> N

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Upon her bodice, she wears a transparent veil: a wisp of gossamer that was not spun by human distaff.
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Until the spinning wheel was invented in the 14th century, all spinning was done with distaff and spindle.
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Mock a man's rouncival, ride his rope, diddle his distaff.
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The distaff and spindle are symbols of womanly labour.
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She is also the first person that invented the technique of preparing a thread from cotton wool for spinning on a distaff.
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She is represented in art with a shepherd's crook or with a distaff; with a watchdog, or a sheep; or with flowers in her apron.
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A distaff can also be mounted as an attachment to a spinning wheel.
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