Spool or cylinder around which thread or yarn is coiled.
1But Pin, returning with the reel of thread, opened her eyes in a different way.
2He had taken a seat at my work-table; he now laid hands on a reel of thread which he proceeded recklessly to unwind.
3A lady with small capital would like to meet another similarly situated, with a view to the joint purchase of a reel of thread.
4This time we were better supplied with sounding tackle two reels of thread, a marlinspike, and our geological hammer.
Translations for reel of thread