Throstle
Throstle , noun
[Old English throsel, Anglo-Saxon þrostle, þrosle; akin to Middle High German trostel, German drossel, Icelandic þrostr, Swedish trast, Lithuanian strazdas, Latin turdus. r238. Compare Thrush the bird.]
1.
(Zoology) The song thrush. See under Song.
2.
A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.
Collocations (1)
Throstle cock , the missel thrush. [Provincial English]