a staff with a cleft end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

a similar attachment on a spinning wheel.

Archaic .

a woman or women collectively.

woman's work.

Sometimes Offensive . noting, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a woman; female.

noun

muliebrity , womanhood , womankind , womenfolk

adjective

female , womanish , womanly