distaff
Meaning of distaff
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.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of women.
- Of the maternal side of a family.
Information about distaff
- The plural form of distaff is: distaffs.
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Hyphenation of distaff
distaff
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- distaff is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
distaff synonyms
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Words that rhyme with distaff
Falstaff, Flagstaff, Wagstaff, acrestaff, backstaff, bedstaff, boarstaff, bocstaff, bowstaff, broomstaff, churnstaff, colstaff, cowlstaff, dragstaff, falstaff, flagstaff, forestaff, gibstaff, handstaff, overstaff, packstaff, palstaff, pikestaff, ploughstaff, plowstaff, quarterstaff, restaff, rockstaff, runestaff, shortstaff, spittlestaff, staff, tipstaff, understaff, upstaff, waitstaff, whipstaff, wrainstaff, wringstaff
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