winnow-cloth
Forms: see winnow v. and cloth.
A winnowing-sheet.
| α 1404 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 398, 1 wyndowclath. 1547 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 20/2 note, Ane windo clath contenand 12 ellis. 1599 in Antiquary XXXII. 243 One window cloth. 1894 Northumbld. Gloss., Winda-claith, winnowing cloth; now called a barn-sheet. |
| β 1552 Huloet, Wynew cloth, ventilabrum. 1588–9 Extr. Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 129 Item, ane wonnow clayth, ane seif, ane sek, ane riddill, price xl s. 1608 Topsell Serpents 262 Vnder her head a hard Oken-logge, with the Winnow-cloth, and the one end of an old Hop-bagge, cast ouer in steed of a Couerlet. 1790 Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Winner-cloth, a large cloth on which corn is dighted or winnowed. |