Distaff (n.) The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. |
Distaff (n.) Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff |
distaff | the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning |
distaff | the sphere of work by women |
female distaff | characteristic of or peculiar to a woman, female sensitiveness, female suffrage |