spindle

A rod or pin, tapered at one end and usually weighted at the other, on which fibers are spun by hand into thread and then wound.

A similar rod or pin used for spinning on a spinning wheel.

A pin or rod holding a bobbin or spool on which thread is wound on an automated spinning machine.

Any of various mechanical parts that revolve or serve as axes for larger revolving parts, as in a lock, axle, phonograph turntable, or lathe.

Any of various long thin stationary rods, as.

A spike on which papers may be impaled.

A baluster.

A cytoplasmic network composed of microtubules along which the chromosomes are distributed during mitosis and meiosis.