1. The staff to which the flax, tow, or wool is fastened, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning with the hand or the spinning-wheel; a woman, spinning being anciently regarded as one of her distinctive occupations.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• distace,
• dtaff,
• distany,
• distane,
• distan,
• distab,
• sstaff,
• distaly,
• distate,
• sistaff,
• xistaff,
• cistaff,
• fistaff,
• ristaff,
• eistaff,
• dustaff,
• djstaff,
• dkstaff,
• dostaff,
• d9staff

• staff.

The adjective form of the word "distaff" is "distaff or distaff-like".

The plural of the "distaff" can be the "distaffs".

The singular of the "distaff" can be the "distaff".