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garnwindle, yarnwindle Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 5 garnwyndil, garwyndyl(le, (-elle), -wyngyll, 6 garnwindell, 7, 9 garnwindles (-winnles). Also 5 ȝarn-, yer-.
[f. garn, yarn + -windel formed as instrumental noun to OE. windan to wind; cf. OE. windel basket, G. windel swaddling-band, Sw. vindel whirl, spiral, ON. vindill wisp, vindla to wind. So Ger. garnwindel (15th c.) beside -winde.]
A rotatory appliance, on which a skein of yarn is placed in order to be more easily wound into a ball.
c1440Promp. Parv. 188/1 Garwyndylle (S. garwyndyl, or ȝarnwyndyl, P. garwyngyll), girgillus. 1483Cath. Angl. 150/2 A Garwyndelle (A. A Garne qweylle or A Ȝarnwyndylle), deuolutorium, gergillus. 1674–91Ray Collect. Words, Gloss. Northan. 141 Garn-Windles, harpedone, Rhombus. 1878Cumbld. Gloss., Garn winnels, a wooden cross from which yarn is wound off.
2. Comb., as garnwindle blades, garnwindle-stocks.
14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 695/35 Hoc iurgillum [printed nirgilium], a par garnwyndil-blades. 1576Richmond. Wills (Surtees) 260 A spinning whele..ij garnwindell stocks. |