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distaff n. 卷線桿,拉線棒,拉線部門 卷線杆,拉線棒,拉線部門 distaff adj 1: characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; " female sensitiveness"; " female suffrage" [ synonym: { female}, { distaff}] n 1: the sphere of work by women 2: the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinningDistaff \ Dis" taff\, n.; pl. { Distaffs}, rarely { Distaves}. [ OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See { Staff}.] 1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. [ 1913 Webster] I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. -- Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively. [ 1913 Webster] His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. -- Howell. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster] { Descent by distaff}, descent on the mother' s side. { Distaff Day}, or { Distaff' s Day}, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also { Rock Day}, a distaff being called a rock. -- Shipley. [ 1913 Webster]
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