Distaff

What do we mean by distaff?

A staff that holds on its cleft end the unspun flax, wool, or tow from which thread is drawn in spinning by hand. noun

An attachment for a spinning wheel that serves this purpose. noun

Work and concerns traditionally considered important to women. noun

Women considered as a group. noun

Of or relating to women and girls; female. adjective

Relating to or being the female line or maternal branch of a family. adjective

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. noun

Figuratively, a woman, or the female sex. noun

The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. noun

Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively. noun

Descent on the mother's side. noun

The morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also Rock Day, a distaff being called a rock. noun

Of, relating to, or characteristic of women adjective

Referring to the maternal side of a family adjective

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. noun

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

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

Women considered as a group noun

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.

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

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

A race for female horses only.

A woman, or women considered as a group.

A male heart disease caused by the constant nagging of women over a period of time. (cdicm for short). Short term ailments are dubbed the nagging effect Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to distaff:
distaff.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word distaff:
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Words that rhyme with distaff:
a staff, bust half, discuss staff, dust half, just half, plus staff, the staff, thrust half.

Adjectives that are often used to describe distaff:
golden, ancient, old, large, primitive, small, same, long, simple, spinning, empty, duller, wooden, fashioned, full, fatal, portable, rude, adamantine, common, tall, whole, gold, decorated, ragged, purple, busy, hand, vile, light, peaceful, vast, used, enough, peculiar, older.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective distaff:
women, side, lane.

Consonant match to distaff:
dyestuff, dust off, dustoff, dosed off, dust half.

Words that sound like distaff:
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