spinster

A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

If […] a woman be named spinster, she may abate […]the same [writ].

One who spins (puts a spin on) a political media story so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance; a spin doctor, spin merchant or spinmeister.

Someone whose occupation was spinning thread.

The spinsters and the knitters in the sun.

A woman of evil life and character; so called from being forced to spin in a house of correction.

A spider; an insect (such as a silkworm) which spins thread.