Trostle
/ˈtrɒs.əl/noun
An obsolete variant spelling of throstle, especially a spinning machine or a thrush-like songbird.
Did you know?The spinning machine called a throstle was named after the throstle bird because its rhythmic mechanical hum was compared with birdsong.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*þruskōn
“A reconstructed Germanic name associated with the thrush family of songbirds.”
Old English
Old English
þrostle
“A thrush, a singing woodland bird.”
Middle English
Middle English
throstle
“A thrush; later also a mechanical device named for its birdlike humming.”
18th Century
English
throstle
“A spinning machine, especially one producing continuous thread.”
Modern/Obsolete English
English
trostle
“A documented variant spelling of throstle, now chiefly historical or dialectal.”