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.
| c 1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 157 A yarwyndel. c 1340 Nominale (Skeat) 547 Serence lussel et voydere, hechele clewen ȝarewyndul. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 536/2 Ȝarne wyndel, or ga(r)wyndel (S. or ȝarwyndyl), girgillus. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 794/33 Hic virgillus, a yerwyndylleblad. 1530 Palsgr. 291/1 Yarne wyndell, tornette. 1611 Cotgr., Desvidoir, a paire of blades, or yarnwindles. 1818 Scott 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! |