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What (who) is distaff$22205$ - definition
HORSE RACE
Humana distaff; Humana Distaff Handicap; Humana Distaff Stakes
distaff
![wheel]] and distaff](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adolphe Braun Alsace costume.jpg?width=200 "wheel]] and distaff")
.png?width=200 "A distaff and a spindle")
![Russian distaffs displayed at the museum of folk handicrafts at [[Ferapontov Monastery]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Russian distaffs 01 (Ferapontov).jpg?width=200 "Russian distaffs displayed at the museum of folk handicrafts at [[Ferapontov Monastery]]")
![''The Spinner'', by [[Wilhelm Leibl]] (1892), features spinning [[flax]] from a distaff.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl 010.jpg?width=200 "''The Spinner'', by [[Wilhelm Leibl]] (1892), features spinning [[flax]] from a distaff.")
![spindle]] and distaff](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William-adolphe bouguereau the spinner.jpg?width=200 "spindle]] and distaff")
STICK OR STAFF FOR HOLDING FIBRE TO BE SPUN
Distaffs; Distaff side; Quenouille
['d?st?:f]
¦ noun
1. a stick or spindle on to which wool or flax is wound for spinning.
2. [as modifier] denoting or concerning women: a family tree on the distaff side. Compare with spear (in sense 3).
Origin
OE dist?f: the first element is appar. related to Mid. Low Ger. dise, disene 'distaff, bunch of flax'; the second is staff1.
Distaffs
STICK OR STAFF FOR HOLDING FIBRE TO BE SPUN
Distaffs; Distaff side; Quenouille
·pl of Distaff.
Distaff
STICK OR STAFF FOR HOLDING FIBRE TO BE SPUN
Distaffs; Distaff side; Quenouille
·noun Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.
II. Distaff ·noun The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
Wikipedia
Derby City Distaff Stakes
The Derby City Distaff Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and older over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held annually in early May on the Kentucky Derby day meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the spring meeting. The current purse is $500,000.
