'Throstle cock' definitions:

Definition of 'Throstle cock'

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  • Throstle \Thros"tle\, n. [OE. throsel, AS. [thorn]rostle, [thorn]rosle; akin to MHG. trostel, G. drossel, Icel. [thorn]r["o]str, Sw. trast, Lith. strazdas, L. turdus. [root]238. Cf. Thrush the bird.]
  • 1. (Zool.) The song thrush. See under Song. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Throstle cock, the missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]