noun / verb
spool
SPOOL/spuːl/
A cylinder that holds wound material, or winding material onto or off it.
A spool of blue thread sits beside the sewing machine.
Etymology
Middle Dutch spoele named a winding bobbin. In English, the word broadened from a weaver’s bobbin for thread to any cylinder around which material is wound.
In context
ferrite to slowly raise the inductance until we hit the value we need I ended up using 28 gauge wire and wrapped about 200 turns of wire around an empty spool
More examples
- She spools the wire onto an empty reel.
- The cable spools off the drum as we pull it.
- Keep the empty spools in the drawer.
Forms
spool · spools · spooled · spooling