▪ I. windling, n.
(ˈwɪndlɪŋ)
Forms: 3–4 wynelynge, 5 wenelyng(e; 7 winling, 8 windlen, wonlyne, 9 winlin, windlin, windling.
[? f. wind v.1 + -ling1 2. But perhaps two distinct words.
The word in sense 1 seems to be synonymous with wyn(e)wes, wynwys in 1304 Acc. Exch. K.R. 12/6 m. 3, 1336 Ibid. 19/31 m. 5, 1420 For. Acc. 3 Hen. VI G/2.]
† 1. collect. sing. or pl. ? Small ropes or cords. Obs.
| 1295 Acc. Exch. K.R. 5/7 m. 1 (P.R.O.) In Wynelyngges emptis ad nauem ix.s. v.d. 1356 in Pipe Roll 32 Edw. III m. 33/1 (P.R.O.) In CCC. lb. de towe, vjxx. fassibus straminis, xviij Millibus de Wynelynge emptis. 1402 Acc. Exch. K.R. 43/6 m. 4 In iiijxx petris de Wenelyng..in factura dicte balengere expenditis. 1407 Ibid. 44/11 (1) m. 2 In iij. libris de Wenelynge emptis..iij. d. |
2. A bundle of straw or hay. Sc.
| 1645 in J. Davidson Inverurie (1878) 206 Twa winlingis of stray. 1737 Ramsay Sc. Prov. (1750) 41 He stumbles at a strae and lowps o'er a wonlyne. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 125 The cattle-man resumes his labours by bunching up windlings of straw, which are small bundles having a twisted form, of 10 lb. weight, or more each. 1845 New Statist. Acc. Scot. XV. Caithness 146 The tenants of each penny-land..had..to furnish a certain number of winlins to thatch the mains' stacks. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scot. 88 He starts at straes, and lets windlins gae. |
▪ II. windling, ppl. a.
see windle v.1 and v.3