Throstle /(?)/

Thros·tle

Throstle

n.
  1. The song thrush. See under Song. (Zool.)
  2. A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.

Phrases & Compounds
Throstle cock
the missel thrush.