spindel

noun

1. Obsolete spelling of spindle.

   “1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244. I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it may be so wel named in English.”

2. Obsolete spelling of spindle.

   “1568, William Turner quoted by Richard Mabey in "Flora Britannica", London, 1996, p244. I haue sene this tree oft tymes in England and in moste plentye betwene Ware and Barkwaye, yet for al that I coulde neuer learne an Englishe name for it: the Duche men call it in Netherlande Spilboome that is Spindel tree, because they vse to make Spindels of it in that countrey and me thinke it may be so wel named in English.”