Throstle

The song thrush. See under Song.

A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.

common Old World thrush noted for its song

a spinning machine formerly used to twist and wind fibers of cotton or wool continuously