单词 | yarnwindle |
释义 | yarnwindle Obs. exc. dial.|ˈjɑːnˌwɪnd(ə)l| Forms: 4 yar-, ȝarewyndel, 5 ȝarn(e wyndel, ȝarwyndyl(l, yerwyndylle, 6 yarne wyndell, 9 yarn-windle, Sc. yarn-winle. Also yarndle, yarringle. [f. yarn n. + -windle, instrumental formation on wind v.1 (see -le 1); cf. yarnwind.] An appliance for winding a skein of yarn into a ball: = garnwindle.
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 157 A yarwyndel. c1340Nominale (Skeat) 547 Serence lussel et voydere, hechele clewen ȝarewyndul. c1440Promp. Parv. 536/2 Ȝarne wyndel, or ga(r)wyndel (S. or ȝarwyndyl), girgillus. c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 794/33 Hic virgillus, a yerwyndylleblad. 1530Palsgr. 291/1 Yarne wyndell, tornette. 1611Cotgr., Desvidoir, a paire of blades, or yarnwindles. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxxii, Nae man willingly wad cut short his thread of life before the end o' his pirn was fairly measured off on the yarn-winles. 1821― Pirate v, Speak her fair and canny, or we will have a ravelled hasp on the yarn-windles! |

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