- A
distaff (/ˈdɪstɑːf/, /ˈdɪstæf/, also
called a rock) is a tool used in spinning. It is
designed to hold the
unspun fibers,
keeping them
untangled and...
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Distaff Day, also
called Roc Day or Rock Day,[better source needed] is 7 January, the day
after the
feast of the Epiphany. It is also
known as
Saint Distaff's...
- The Breeders' Cup
Distaff is a
Weight for Age
Thoroughbred horse race for
fillies and mares,
three years old and up.
Known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies'...
- The
Distaff Stakes is a
Grade III
American Thoroughbred horse race for
fillies and
mares that are four
years old or
older at a
distance of
seven furlongs...
- The
Derby City
Distaff Stakes is a
Grade I
American thoroughbred horse race for
fillies and
mares aged
three and
older over a
distance of
seven furlongs...
-
introduction to a 1950
Distaff Side publication, A Children's Sampler,
clearly illuminates the group's mission: "The
Distaff Side is a loosely-knit organization...
- The
Distaff Gospels (Les
Evangiles des Quenouilles) is an Old
French fifteenth-century
collection of po****r
beliefs held by late
medieval women, first...
- The
Sunshine Millions Distaff is a race for
thoroughbred horses held in
January at
Santa Anita Park in Arcadia,
California or at
Gulfstream Park in Hallandale...
- The
genus Carthamus, the
distaff thistles,
includes plants in the
family Asteraceae. The
group is
native to Europe,
North Africa, and
parts of Asia. The...
- The
Churchill Distaff Turf Mile
Stakes is a
Grade II
American thoroughbred horse race for
fillies and
mares aged
three and
older over a
distance of one...
