Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A spinning wheel used in India for spinning cotton.
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- noun in India A domestic
spinning wheel , used mostly for spinningcotton
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One nice feature of the charkha is that there's a skein winder included.
September 2007 2007
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The charkha is a spinning device developed in India, and is used primarily for spinning fine cotton thread, and spinning it quickly.
September 2007 2007
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Mine is a largish charkha (attache size, I think.)
September 2007 2007
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But I've been obsessing over a great wheel for a while, and since I can't afford one of those in the foreseeable future, I figured it was time to see if I could get my charkha to work.
September 2007 2007
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I have had an Indian charkha sitting in my closet for years now.
September 2007 2007
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I have to tell you, that dratted thick belt was one of the reasons the charkha sat in my closet for all these years.
September 2007 2007
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But I don't think I've every actually seen anybody else with a charkha in real life.
September 2007 2007
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I've always wondered about all of the parts of a charkha and how you actually spin on one ..
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(Yeah, I could probably have gotten more on there, but it's my first large amount of yarn spun on the charkha.)
September 2007 2007
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Belts: The charkha originally came with a thick cotton cord belt for the main wheel and a string belt for the accelerating wheel:
September 2007 2007
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