āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Distaff
01
āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ
a tool used in spinning to hold unspun fibers, such as wool or flax, keeping them untangled and ready for drawing into yarn
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The distaff was carved from ash wood and passed down through generations.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
02
āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ§āĻŋ
the domain of women's roles, labor, or lineage, especially domestic or familial responsibilities
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Literature often ignored the distaff, focusing instead on male heroism.
āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤
distaff
01
āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤, āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ
relating to women in general
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Distaff roles in the company have expanded recently.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
