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Stick or staff for holding fibre to be spun
A distaff (/ˈdɪstɑːf/, /ˈdɪstæf/, also called a rock) is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and
Distaff
American Thoroughbred horse race
The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, three years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies'
Breeders'_Cup_Distaff
1480 collection of popular beliefs
The Distaff Gospels (Les Évangiles des quenouilles) is a fifteenth-century Old French collection of popular beliefs held by late medieval women, first
The_Distaff_Gospels
Horse race
the event was known as the Pimlico Distaff Handicap. In 2002 the event was renamed to the Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap and again renamed in 2006
Allaire_duPont_Stakes
Horse race
The Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged four and older over a distance of one
Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes
Churchill_Distaff_Turf_Mile_Stakes
American typographer and fine press printer
introduction to a 1950 Distaff Side publication, A Children's Sampler, clearly illuminates the group's mission: "The Distaff Side is a loosely-knit organization
Edna_Beilenson
Grade I Thoroughbred horse racing
the world: the Classic (4th), the Turf (10th) and the Mile (12th). The Distaff is ranked second among the top Grade 1 races for fillies and mares. The
Breeders'_Cup
Unofficial observance, 7 January
Saint Distaff's Day, Distaff Day, or Rock Day, is 7 January, the day after Epiphany, and was the traditional day on which women would start spinning again
Distaff_Day
Ancient Greek female poet
Ἤριννα) was an ancient Greek poet. She is best known for her long poem The Distaff, a 300-line hexameter lament for her childhood friend Baucis, who had died
Erinna
American racehorse
duPont Distaff Match Series Stakes at Pimlico Racetrack. Renegade's great dam Dame Dorothy was a Grade I winner winning the 2015 Humana Distaff Stakes
Renegade_(horse)
Horse race in Kentucky
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
Derby_City_Distaff_Stakes
Horse race
The Distaff Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older at a distance of seven furlongs
Distaff_Stakes
Tracing of kinship through the male line
which is through the mother's lineage, also called the spindle side, the distaff side or enatic kinship. A patriline ("father line") is a person's father
Patrilineality
Genus of flowering plants
The genus Carthamus, the distaff thistles, includes plants in the family Asteraceae. The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. The
Carthamus
invented in the 14th century, all spinning was done with distaff and spindle. In English the "distaff side" indicates relatives through one's mother, and thereby
Textiles_in_folklore
Species of flowering plant
glutinosa, the glutinous sage, sticky sage, Jupiter's sage, or Jupiter's distaff, is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Lamiaceae. Salvia
Salvia_glutinosa
Device for spinning thread, yarn, or silk from natural or synthetic fibers
European illustration dated to around 1280. In France, the spindle and distaff were not displaced until the mid 18th century. The spinning wheel replaced
Spinning_wheel
American racehorse trainer (born 1959)
winning the Grade I Breeders' Cup Distaff. He also won two graded events with Nasty Storm—the Grade II Churchill Downs Distaff Handicap and Grade III Dogwood
Dallas_Stewart
Textiles formed by weaving
woven fabric easier is a spindle and a distaff. The first recorded example of the distaff was in England. The distaff was created by Anthony Bonvoise around
Woven_fabric
Species of flowering plant
Carthamus lanatus is a species of thistle known as woolly distaff thistle, downy safflower or saffron thistle. It is closely related to safflower (Carthamus
Carthamus_lanatus
American racehorse trainer (born 1981)
Stakes (2024) American Derby (2024) Chicago Stakes (2024, 2025) Derby City Distaff Stakes (2024) Fair Grounds Stakes (2024, 2025) Hilltop Stakes (2024) Pimlico
Cherie_DeVaux
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
contested the Gr.I Beldame Stakes, a final prep for the Breeders' Cup Distaff. Unlike most of her other races, Fleet Indian was confronted down the stretch
Fleet_Indian
American Thoroughbred racehorse
Falls City Handicap at Churchill Downs and competed in the Breeders' Cup Distaff, where she finished ninth in a ten-horse field. Mariah's Storm made her
Mariah's_Storm
American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
Classic, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup Distaff, Kentucky Oaks and Dubai World Cup. Asmussen was born in Gettysburg, South
Steve_Asmussen
American writer and politician (1806–1870)
to which he wrote reviews and the pro-slavery novel The Sword and the Distaff (1854). During his literary career he served as editor of several journals
William_Gilmore_Simms
Horse race in Louisville, Kentucky, US
Breeders' Cup ceased and the event was renamed to the Churchill Downs Distaff Handicap. In 2000 the event as an undercard race on the Breeders' Cup program
Chilukki_Stakes
Wording that is devised to be understood in two ways
Twelfth Night says of Sir Andrew's hair, that "it hangs like flax on a distaff; and I hope to see a housewife take thee between her legs and spin it off";
Double_entendre
Horse race
The Sunshine Millions Distaff is a race for thoroughbred horses held in January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California or at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale
Sunshine_Millions_Distaff
Play written by Lodowick Carlell
The Deserving Favourite is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Lodowick Carlell that was first published in 1629. The earliest of Carlell's
The_Deserving_Favourite
American racehorse
distances. Blue Stripe is a half-sister to Blue Prize, the 2019 Breeders' Cup Distaff winner at Santa Anita. In Argentina, Blue Stripe was trained by Nicolas
Blue_Stripe
American jockey (born 1953)
In 1991, Pat Day won the Canadian Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Distaff aboard the future Hall of Fame filly Dance Smartly. He is the only jockey
Pat_Day
Flat horse race in Britain
The Coral Distaff is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies aged three years only. It is run at Sandown over a distance of 1 mile (1
Coral_Distaff
second, or third place and the number of starters in the Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes, a grade 3 American Thoroughbred horse race run at 1-1/16 miles
Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes top three finishers
Allaire_duPont_Distaff_Stakes_top_three_finishers
American Thoroughbred racehorse
then ended her season by finishing a strong second in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. She was voted American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2015. At age four
Stellar_Wind_(horse)
Species of flowering plant
2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Altervista Flora Italiana, Cardoncello cretico, Downy Safflower, Woolly Distaff Thistle, Carthamus creticus L. v t e
Carthamus_creticus
American race horse
in the Maskette Stakes. The two fillies next met in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Churchill Downs. Winning Colors had the lead with 10 yards to go when
Winning_Colors_(horse)
Horse race
The Kentucky Cup Distaff Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. The Grade III event is run
Kentucky_Cup_Distaff_Stakes
Ancient Greek goddess
serpent, horse Symbol Aegis, helmet, spear, armour, gorgoneion, chariot, distaff Tree Olive Genealogy Parents Zeus alone, or Zeus and Metis Children Erichthonius
Athena
Spike used for spinning fibers into yarn
familiar sight from history books is a spindle used in conjunction with a distaff, an upright stick with a large quantity of loose fibre wound around it
Spindle_(textiles)
Japanese race horse trainer
Yahagi trained two winners—Filly & Mare Turf winner Loves Only You and Distaff winner Marche Lorraine. He became the first Japanese trainer to win any
Yoshito_Yahagi
The California Cup Distaff is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during its Oak Tree Racing Association
California_Cup_Distaff
Group 1 horse race in Argentina
The Gran Premio Estrellas Distaff is a Group 1 horse race that is part of the Carreras de las Estrellas and is open to fillies and mares three years old
Gran_Premio_Estrellas_Distaff
second, or third place and the number of starters in the Maryland Million Distaff Handicap, an American state-bred stakes race for fillies and mares three
Maryland Million Distaff Handicap top three finishers
Maryland_Million_Distaff_Handicap_top_three_finishers
Horse race
Breeders' Cup Stakes in 2007, Louisville Stakes in 2008 and Louisville Distaff Stakes in 2009. In 2010 the race was renamed after the famous broodmare
La_Troienne_Stakes
Tracing of kinship through the female line
"agnatic" ancestry. The matriline is also sometimes referred to as the "distaff" side or "spindle" side. Scholars disagree on the nature of early human
Matrilineality
Species of flowering plant
Carthamus leucocaulos, the whitestem distaff thistle or glaucous starthistle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to
Carthamus_leucocaulos
American racehorse
victory. Staying at the 7-furlong distance, she placed in the Derby City Distaff Stakes at Churchill Downs, won the Bed O' Roses Stakes at Belmont, and
Goodnight_Olive
Mythic king of Welsh legend
Eudaf Hen (Eudaf "the Old") is a figure of Welsh tradition. He is remembered as a King of the Britons and the father of Elen Luyddog and Conan Meriadoc
Eudaf_Hen
American racehorse
Stakes, Coaching Club American Oaks, Cotillion Handicap and Breeders' Cup Distaff. As a result of her accomplishments, she became just the second three-year-old
Thorpedo_Anna
American businessman (1933–2021)
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 2012, won the 2013 Breeders' Cup Distaff and was voted American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly for 2013, was voted
B._Wayne_Hughes
Asterism of three stars within the constellation of Orion
pre-Christian Scandinavia, the belt was known as Frigg's Distaff (Friggerock) or Freyja's distaff. Similarly Jacob's Staff and Peter's Staff were European
Orion's_Belt
Dog type
(1853): Just as the invention of the spinning jenny abolished the use of distaff and wheel, which were formerly the occupants of every well-ordained English
Turnspit_dog
Japanese thoroughbred
Japanese and non-North American trained horse to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff, the race that concludes the dirt filly races of that season, in 2021.
Marche_Lorraine_(horse)
American home economics honor society
wool at the top of distaff. The staff was decorated scrolls or with six pearls; a small diamond was placed at the center of the distaff. A variant included
Kappa_Omicron_Phi
American racehorse
the year, Clairiere travelled to the West Coast for the G1 Breeders' Cup Distaff held at Del Mar Racetrack. Clairiere lagged behind early, trailed to the
Clairiere
American horse trainer (1941–2009)
of the Grade 1 Pacific Classic Stakes; Sightseek, winner of the Humana Distaff Handicap (Gr. I) and Ogden Phipps Handicap (Gr. I); triple Grade I winner
Robert_J._Frankel
2005 American film
later won some graded stakes races. She started in the 1995 Breeders' Cup Distaff and finished ninth. She was owned by Thunderhead Farms and trained by the
Dreamer_(2005_film)
Series of paintings by Thomas Cole
geometrical discovery. On the right of the picture, is a female with a distaff, about to cross a rude stone bridge. On the stone is a boy, who appears
The Course of Empire (paintings)
The_Course_of_Empire_(paintings)
Method of turning fiber into thread
thousands of years, fibre was spun by hand using simple tools, the spindle and distaff. After the introduction of the spinning wheel in the 13th century, the
Hand_spinning
European history from the 5th to 15th centuries
thread to be spun. In addition, the spinning wheel replaced the traditional distaff for spinning wool, tripling production. A less technological refinement
Middle_Ages
Constellation straddling the celestial equator
Scandinavian tradition, Orion's Belt was known as "Frigg's Distaff" (friggerock) or "Freyja's distaff". The Finns call Orion's Belt and the stars below it "Väinämöinen's
Orion_(constellation)
American thoroughbred racehorse
Las Flores Stakes in Santa Anita Park in preparation for the Derby City Distaff Stakes at Churchill Downs. Gamine took the lead, running fractions of 22
Gamine_(horse)
American jockey (born 1967)
Handicap (2001) Hanshin Cup Handicap (2002) Vosburgh Stakes (2002) WinStar Distaff Handicap (2003) Super Derby (2004) Fair Grounds Handicap (2011) Delta Downs
Gerard_Melancon
Thoroughbred racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
I American Turf Stakes Churchill Downs Stakes Clark Stakes Derby City Distaff Stakes Kentucky Derby Kentucky Oaks La Troienne Stakes Stephen Foster Stakes
Churchill_Downs
American racehorse
Horse after winning the Personal Ensign, Spinster Stakes and Breeders' Cup Distaff. She also won the Tempted and Demoiselle Stakes at age two. Malathaat is
Malathaat
1933 play
‹ The template Infobox play is being considered for merging. › The Distaff Side is a 1933 comedy play by the British writer John Van Druten. It premiered
The_Distaff_Side
Library in Florence, Italy
Squarcialupi Codex, and the fragmentary Erinna papyrus that contains part of her Distaff. The Laurentian Library was commissioned in 1523 and construction began
Laurentian_Library
French jockey
including the 2017 Breeders' Cup Classic on Gun Runner, two Breeders' Cup Distaff wins with Monomoy Girl, and the 2021 Kentucky Derby on Mandaloun. Geroux
Florent_Geroux
American Thoroughbred racehorse
2014 Belmont Stakes; Untapable won the Kentucky Oaks and Breeders' Cup Distaff, and was named champion 3-year-old filly. In 2015, Tapit led the sire list
Tapit
Symbol used for cowardice or bravery
time of the Third Crusade. "A great many men sent each other wool and distaff, hinting that if anyone failed to join this military undertaking they were
White_feather
American financier and racehorse owner
1991) – 1995 American Champion Older Female Horse, won 1995 Breeders' Cup Distaff, 2008 U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee; Storm Flag Flying (b. 2000) –
Ogden_Mills_Phipps
Old Norse Mythology
and Spence (1913); in Swedish both Friggerock "Frigg's distaff" and Frejerock "Freyja's Distaff", see Schön, Ebbe. (2004). Asa-Tors hammare, Gudar och
Frigg and Freyja common origin hypothesis
Frigg_and_Freyja_common_origin_hypothesis
Puerto Rican jockey (born 1971)
for top Breeders' Cup performance by a jockey, winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff with Ashado and the Breeders' Cup Sprint with Speightstown. He won the
John_R._Velazquez
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
emerged as a world-class sprinter, winning the Madison Stakes, Humana Distaff Handicap, Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes, and Thoroughbred Club of America
Groupie_Doll
British actress (1911–1998)
appearance on the London Stage was at the Apollo Theatre in 1933, in The Distaff Side, and the following year she made her Broadway debut in the same play
Viola_Keats
Unmarried woman, often older
Spinner by William-Adolphe Bouguereau shows a woman hand-spinning using a drop spindle. Fibers to be spun are bound to a distaff held in her left hand.
Spinster
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Breeders' Cup Classic and Breeders' Cup Distaff and 19 of her 20 starts. She was the 2010 American Horse of the Year, and
Zenyatta
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
females (Joan II of Navarre), as well as male descendants through the distaff side (Edward III of England), from the succession to the French throne
House_of_Valois
Ponthus and Oliver and Castille, but also satirical works such as The Distaff Gospels. A translation of a part of a sermon by Bernardino da Siena survives
Henry_Watson_(printer)
Mexican jockey (born 1972)
Los Angeles. His big break came in 2000 when he won the Breeders' Cup Distaff aboard Spain. He rode his first Kentucky Derby in 2001, placing third on
Victor_Espinoza
American thoroughbred racehorse
Alabama Stakes for the Distaff and the Preakness Stakes for the Classic. Her owner Peter Callahan was strongly leaning towards the Distaff, but trainer Kenny
Swiss_Skydiver
American horse trainer (born 1944)
Bernard Baruch Handicap (1983) Correction Handicap (1983, 1984, 1985) Distaff Handicap (1983) Firenze Handicap (1983) Juvenile Stakes (1983) Nashua Stakes
John_Parisella
American boxer and actor (1937–2016)
smaller roles and Lenore Waring, Fran Richards and Carol Lacey add some distaff interest to other roles." Harford, Margaret: "Stage Review: 'Visigoths'
Tony_Burton
Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday and its companion race the Breeders' Cup Distaff on Friday those locations rotates annually. Notes: * – Indicates the largest
American thoroughbred racing top attended events
American_thoroughbred_racing_top_attended_events
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
1976 Ice Cool c Premio Tevere 1980 Am Capable f Affectionately Handicap, Distaff Handicap, Interborough Handicap 1980 Fatih c Golden Gate Handicap, Arcadia
Icecapade
Sunshine Millions Classic Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes Sunshine Millions Distaff Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sunshine Millions Sprint Sunshine Millions
Sunshine_Millions
Panamanian horse racing jockey (born 1988)
racing wins Matron Stakes (2007) Fair Grounds Oaks (2008) Allaire duPont Distaff Stakes (2008) Delaware Oaks (2008) Endine Stakes (2008) Amsterdam Stakes
Gabriel_Saez
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Cocoa Beach, Music Note, and Ginger Punch. Ginger Punch, who won the 2007 Distaff Cup, followed by Hystericalady, finished fifth in 2008. Hystericalady won
Hystericalady
American poet (born 1948)
978-1-84861-122-1 She Lives There Still, Shearsman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-584-7 The Distaff Side, Shearman Books. ISBN 978-1-84861-806-0 Attended Oklahoma State University
Mary_Leader
of the Breeder's Cup Juv. Fillies, two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Distaff, as well as the first filly to win the Pacific Classic Bernborough: Australian
List_of_racehorses
2016 film by Burr Steers
the Dance" 0:36 4. "The Man from Uribe" 2:11 5. "Dance of the Ponderous Distaff" 1:29 6. "We Are Under Attack!!" 2:27 7. "Carriage Ride" 1:05 8. "Orphans"
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (film)
Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies_(film)
Place in Northern, Israel
Kishorit (Hebrew: כישורית, lit. 'Distaff') is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav
Kishorit
French actor (born 1981)
2022. Hawson, Fred. "Movie review: 'Mary Magdalene' seeks to redefine distaff disciple". ABS-CBN News. "Winners & Nominees 2021". www.goldenglobes.com
Tahar_Rahim
American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
Life Is Sweet (foaled March 5, 2005, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who in early 2009 was thought to be a threat to her unbeaten stablemate
Life_Is_Sweet_(horse)
Old Norse term for a type of shamanistic sorcery
However, if seiðr involved "spinning charms", that would explain the distaff, a tool used in spinning flax or sometimes wool, that appears to be associated
Seiðr
American jockey (born 1963)
significant races including the 2013 Preakness Stakes, the Breeders' Cup Distaff and the Breeders' Cup Classic. In 2014, he rode in the first half of the
Gary_Stevens_(jockey)
Horse stud farm in Hokkaido, Japan
& Mare Turf, followed about two hours later by Marche Lorraine in the Distaff. Loves Only You went on the become the first Japan-bred to win an Eclipse
Northern_Farm_(stud)
Horse race
Juddmonte Farms beginning in 2005, is a major prep for the Breeders' Cup Distaff and one of the most important weight-for-age stakes races exclusively for
Spinster_Stakes
Horse race
Distaff at Santa Anita Park as a 15/1 longshot to Beholder. The following year Forever Unbridled was undefeated and did win the Breeders' Cup Distaff
Houston_Ladies_Classic_Stakes
American jockey (born 1966)
Handicap (1992, 1993, 1994) Churchill Downs Distaff Handicap (1998, 1999, 2003) Delaware Oaks (1998) Louisville Distaff Stakes (1999, 2004, 2007, 2009) Florida
Calvin_Borel
DISTAFF
DISTAFF
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a spinner or a maker of distaffs, from an agent derivative of Middle English rok ‘distaff’ (see Rock).German : from a Germanic personal name based on hrÅd ‘renown’.habitational name from a farm named Rokken in Pustertal, south Tyrol (Italy).German (Röcker) : from a topographic name or a place name Röcke (formerly Roke) near Bückeburg, Lower Saxony.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a notable crag or outcrop, from Middle English rokke ‘rock’ (see Roach), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Rock in Northumberland.English : variant of Roke (see Rokes 1).English : metonymic occupational name for a spinner or a maker of distaffs, from Middle English rok ‘distaff’ (from Old Norse rokkr or Middle Dutch rocke or an unattested Old English cognate).German : from a short form of the personal name Rocco (see Roche 3).German : metonymic occupational name for a tailor, from Middle High German rok, roc ‘skirt’, ‘gown’.German (Röck) : variant of Roche 3.
Boy/Male
Gaelic Irish
Distaff.
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Distaff.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a spindle maker, from an agent derivative of Middle English spindle, Middle High German spindel, German Spindel, Yiddish shpindl ‘spindle’, ‘distaff’.
DISTAFF
DISTAFF
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Lord Shiva
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so called from Old English styr(i)c, steorc ‘bullock’ + land ‘land’, ‘pasture’.
Girl/Female
Hindu
A flowering creeper
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Sure
Boy/Male
Hindu
Devine smile
Girl/Female
English
Modern variants of Frances meaning From France or free one.
Boy/Male
Australian, Celtic, Irish, Scottish
World Leader; Brave; Great Chief; Similar to Donald
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Conqueror of Indra
Boy/Male
Tamil
Purujit | பà¯à®°à¯‚ஜீத
Conqueror of city
Girl/Female
Indian
Mirror; Light; Shine; Brightness
DISTAFF
DISTAFF
DISTAFF
DISTAFF
DISTAFF
n.
A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.
pl.
of Distaff
n.
The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
pl.
of Distaff
n.
The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread.
n.
A distaff used in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the thread is drawn in spinning.
n.
Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.
a.
A distaff.