The meaning of SPINDLE is a round stick with tapered ends used to form and twist the yarn in hand spinning.
SPINDLE definition: a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun. See examples of spindle used in a sentence.
adj. See spindle side. v.t. to give the form of a spindle to. to provide or equip with a spindle or spindles. to impale (a card or paper) on a spindle, as for sorting purposes. v.i. Botany to shoot up, or grow, into a long, slender stalk or stem, as a plant. Botany to grow tall and slender, often disproportionately so.