Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
szpularz
English translation:
bobbin or bobbin/flyer or distaff or spindle or drop-spindle (see note below)
Added to glossary by
Caryl Swift
May 20, 2006 11:51
17 yrs ago
Polish term
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish
szpularz
Polish to English
Other
Folklore
traditional
przyrząd do snucia
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | bobbin or bobbin/flyer or distaff or spindle or drop-spindle (see note below) |
Caryl Swift
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| 3 | reeler |
Maciej Andrzejczak
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| 3 | spinner |
Tomasz Chyrzyński
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Proposed translations
2 hrs
Selected
bobbin or bobbin/flyer or distaff or spindle or drop-spindle (see note below)
Perhaps you need to give more information? The URLs below give diagrams of spinning wheels with all the parts named as well as their history.
www.woolery.com/pages/selectwheel.html - 61k
inventors.about.com/library/ inventors/blspinningwheel.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_wheel
www.jb.man.ac.uk/~caj/wheel.html
www.joyofhandspinning.com/wheel-styles.html
www.woolery.com/pages/selectwheel.html - 61k
inventors.about.com/library/ inventors/blspinningwheel.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_wheel
www.jb.man.ac.uk/~caj/wheel.html
www.joyofhandspinning.com/wheel-styles.html
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Related KudoZ points
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4
reeler
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Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Tomasz Chyrzyński
: reeler - A hand-held hammer used in a quarry for shaping granite blocks. wiec raczej nie
46 mins
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1 hr
spinner
tak proponuje
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-20 13:14:34 GMT)
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ineed, they are but there isn't a reeler that refers to reeling whilst there's a spinner connected with reelling.
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-05-20 13:14:34 GMT)
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ineed, they are but there isn't a reeler that refers to reeling whilst there's a spinner connected with reelling.
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