Definition of Turnspits

1. Noun. (plural of turnspit) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turnspits

1. turnspit [n] - See also: turnspit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnspits

turns off
turns on
turns out
turns over
turns over a new leaf
turns the frown upside down
turns up
turnscrew
turnscrews
turnsick
turnskin
turnskins
turnsole
turnsoles
turnspit
turnspits
turnstile
turnstile attendance
turnstiles
turnstone
turnstones
turnt
turntable
turntabled
turntables
turntabling
turntablism
turntablisms
turntablist
turntablists

Literary usage of Turnspits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Originally a jocular name given to the lowest menials of the court, the carriers of coals and wood, turnspits, and labourers in the scullery, ..."

2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"replied, " I have now in my kitchen two turnspits, who take their turns regularly every other day to get into the wheel; one of them, not liking his ..."

3. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1851)
"This evil propensity of human turnspits, however, eventually led to their dismissal, and to the employment of another species, which, if not better disposed ..."

4. Letters from England: by don Manual Alvarez Espriella by Robert Southey (1814)
"Beau Nosh*—Turnspits. Sept. 16. THE last day of my abode in London was the most painful of my life. To part from dear friends, even for a transitory absence ..."

5. English Premiers from Sir Robert Walpole to Sir Robert Peel by John Charles Earle (1871)
"Many of his own party—"his own turnspits," as he called them—barked at him. His enemies hounded him to death; and Lord Grey, forming a singular exception to ..."

6. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1876)
"This evil propensity of human turnspits, however, eventually led to their dismissal, and to the employment of another species, which, if not better disposed ..."

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