Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spool \Spool\, n. [OE. spole, OD. spoele, D. spoel; akin to G.
   spule, OHG. spuola, Dan. & Sw. spole.]
   A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow
   cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind
   thread or yarn upon.

   {Spool stand}, an article holding spools of thread, turning
      on pins, -- used by women at their work.