spindled
Impaled on shaft
Spindled describes something that has been impaled on a spindle—a pointed rod used for holding papers or winding thread.
Office workers once spindled receipts and invoices to keep them organized: Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate.
That phrase, printed on early computer punch cards, became a minor catchphrase of bureaucratic-age anxiety.
Spindled can also describe something shaped like a spindle—elongated and tapered at both ends.
Gradually narrowing in width
- rodThin rigid stick
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- axisRotation reference line
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
elongated · whorl · bobbin · spool · mandrel · axle · arbor · dowel
Had hole made
- skeweredPierced by pointed rod
- puncturedPenetrated by sharp object
- stabbedPierced with blade
- perforatedHaving holes throughout
spiked · threaded · stacked · receipts · documents · papers · filing · invoice
tapered
Gradually narrowing in width
cylinder · elongated · whorl · bobbin · spool · mandrel · axle · arbor · dowel · pin
pierced
Had hole made
perforated · spiked · threaded · stacked · receipts · documents · papers · filing · invoice · records
baluster
Railing support column
chair · rocking chair · four-poster · headboard · bedpost · cradle · colonial · antique · woodwork · carpentry
spindly
Thin and fragile-looking
gaunt · scrawny · bony · angular · willowy · wiry · lean · slight · frail · delicate
- sleep spindlesEEG bursts during light rest
- spindle poisonAgent disrupting fiber formation
- spindle attachment