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		Definition of spindle whorl in English: spindle whorlnoun Archaeology A whorl or small pulley used to weight a spindle.  Example sentencesExamples -  Other finds from the room included a spindle whorl, an iron strip, and a handstone.
 -  We watched the rhythmic spinning of the spindle whorl as it dropped slowly towards the floor.
 -  A Viking Age spindle whorl from L' Anse aux Meadows (in Newfoundland) is evidence that women also reached the New World.
 -  Other finds included a spindle whorl, two querns, and a bronze rivet.
 -  Other finds, such as large storage vessels, unpainted and coarse pottery, weights, and spindle whorls, seem to point not so much to a ritual site as to a domestic structure.
 
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