spindle

Noun

• any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
  • the spike pierced the receipts and held them in order
    

• a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning

• 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.

• (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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  spike , mandrel , mandril , arbor