reeler noun. ['ri:lǝ] L16.
[from REEL verb + -ER¹.]
1. A person who reels or winds thread, yarn, etc. L16.

2. An instrument for reeling; esp. a machine which winds paper, yarn, etc., on to reels. L16.

3. In comb. with a numeral: a film considered in terms of the number of reels it occupies. Cf. one-reeler s.v. ONE adjective, noun, & pronoun. E20.

4. A person who reels or staggers. M20.

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