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spool

noun
/spuːl/

Etymology

From Middle English spole (possibly via Old Northern French spole, espole), from Middle Dutch spoele, from Old Dutch *spōla, *spuola, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ (“spool”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to cleave, split”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Spoule (“spool”), Dutch spoel (“spool”), German Spule (“spool”), Swedish spole (“spool”), Icelandic spóla (“spool; reel”). The aviation usage is based on the visual similarity of one of the spools of a turbine engine to a spool used for thread (especially in cross-section). See also spill.

  1. derived from *(s)pel-✻
  2. derived from *spōlǭ✻
  3. derived from *spōla✻
  4. derived from spoele
  5. derived from spole
  6. inherited from spole

Definitions

  1. A reel

    A reel; a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.

    • If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.

  2. One of the rotating assemblies of a gas turbine engine, composed of one or more turbine…

    One of the rotating assemblies of a gas turbine engine, composed of one or more turbine stages, a shaft, and one or more compressor or fan stages.

  3. A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A splinter caught in the skin.

    2. To wind on a spool or spools.

    3. To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue…

      To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).

    4. A small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spool. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA