spindle

Any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object.

Any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts.

A piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.

A stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning.

(biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle.

“chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis”