Obs. rare. Also 5 spynroke. [ad. MDu. spinrocke, -roc (WFlem. -rokke, -rok), -rocken (Du. -rokken), G. spinnrocken, † -rocke, -rock: see SPIN v. and ROCK sb.2] A distaff.
A variant of the Fr. phrase translated in quot. 1623 is similarly rendered in Dutch of the 16th cent.
1483. Caxton, G. de la Tour, F j. She tooke in her handes a spynroke with blacke wolle and beganne to spynne.
1623. Wodroephe, Marrow Fr. Tongue, 515/2. Those be old Wiues Tales, That is written in the Booke of Spin-Rockes [= F. livre des quenouilles].
1648. Hexham, II. Een Wocke, a Spin-rocke, or a Distaffe.
