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distaff
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun distaff has 2 senses
- distaff(n = noun.state) Array - the sphere of work by women; Array is a kind of area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere
- distaff(n = noun.artifact) Array - the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning; Array is a part of spinning wheel
Derived form adjective distaff1
is a kind of staff
Adjective distaff has 1 sense
- distaff(s = adj.all) female - characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage" Derived form noun distaff1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
distaff, n.
1 a a cleft stick holding wool or flax wound for spinning by hand. b the corresponding part of a spinning-wheel.
2 women's work.
1 a a cleft stick holding wool or flax wound for spinning by hand. b the corresponding part of a spinning-wheel.
2 women's work.
Idiom
distaff side the female branch of a family.
Etymology
OE dist{aelig}f (as STAFF(1)), the first element being app. rel. to LG diesse, MLG dise(ne) bunch of flax
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