ˈyarnwind Obs. exc. dial.
Also 9 yarewind.
[OE. ᵹearnwinde (= WFris. jernwine, NFris. juarnwinj, Flem. garenwinde, MHG., G. garnwinde, Icel. garnvinda skein of yarn), f. ᵹearn yarn n. + *winde = OHG. winta (G. winde) winder. Cf. garnwin.]
= yarnwindle.
| c 725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) R 168 Reponile, ᵹearnuuinde. c 1000 Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 213/11 Conductum, ᵹearnwinde. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Yarewinds (yaa·r'winz)..a machine for holding yarn intended to be made into skeins or wound into balls... The yarewinds consisted of a reel and stand. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict., Yarnwinds [Shetland, Caithness]. |