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means A hand- or foot-powered device with a rotating wheel that twists loose fiber into continuous thread or yarn.

from Spinning wheels arrived in Europe around the medieval period, likely transmitted along trade routes from India or the Islamic world, where similar wheel-driven spinning tools predate the European versions. The 'spinning' simply names the action — twisting fiber by rotation — while 'wheel' refers to the large rotating disk, usually turned by hand or treadle, that drives the spindle. It replaced the slower hand-spindle-and-distaff method and became a fixture of cottage industry before mechanization pushed it into folklore and attics alike.