yarn-winder
Also 5 yernwynder.
[In ME. an alteration of OE. ᵹearnwinde or of yarnwindle by association with winder (cf. Du. garenwinder); in mod.E. f. yarn n. + winder.]
An apparatus for winding yarn, as a yarn-reel or a yarn-spooler.
14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 564/31 Appendium,..a yern-wynder, or a reel. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Yarn-winder. |