English Dictionary

distaff

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdɪstɑːf/

名詞

未分類 集合名詞

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 (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.

日本語の意味

紡績において、天然繊維（羊毛、亜麻、綿など）の束を一時的に保持し、徐々に引き出して糸を紡ぐための器具。 / 伝統的なdistaffは、緩く束ねた繊維が付けられた棒状の器具を指しており、その語源にもその特徴が表れている。

She reached for the distaff and began loosening the flax fibers to prepare for spinning.

彼女は紡ぎ棒に手を伸ばし、糸を紡ぐために亜麻の繊維をほぐし始めた。

意味（1）

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 (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.

Then hadſt thou had an excellent head of haire. […] Excellent, it hangs like flax on a diſtaffe: & I hope to ſee a huſwife take thee between her legs, & ſpin it off.

意味（2）

The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.

意味（3）

Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only.

意味（4）

A race for female horses only.

意味（5）

(also collective) A woman, or women considered as a group.

But O, passenger, if thou art desirous to know the cause of these fatal discomposures, of this inextricable war, truly I must deal plainly: I cannot resolve thee herein to any full satisfaction. Grievances there were, I must confess, and some incongruities in my civil government, (wherein, some say, the crozier, some say, the distaff was too busy,) but I little thought, God knows, that those grievances required a redress this way.

distaffs （ plural ）

distaves （ plural ）