A reel.
1816. An almanac, a comb-case, and several spools of cotton.—J. K. Paulding, ‘Letters from the South,’ ii. 7 (1817).
1857. She shook out a spool of silk, and a sugar almond.—Knick. Mag., xlix. 185 (Feb.).
1878. “Sit down, sit down,” she said, pushing a heap of cloth, scissors, spools and patterns off a chair.—Rose T. Cooke, ‘Happy Dodd,’ chap. viii.
