Buxton's discussion of tossed spindles in Selected Canadian Spinning Wheels in Perspective: An Analytical Approach notes that the action of a tossed spindle is very much like the action of early powered spinning machines.
I notice that it's also similar to reeling silk, where the threads are passed over a hook or through a ring.
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