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winnow-cloth Forms: see winnow v. and cloth. A winnowing-sheet. α1404Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 398, 1 wyndowclath. 1547Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 20/2 note, Ane windo clath contenand 12 ellis. 1599in Antiquary XXXII. 243 One window cloth. 1894Northumbld. Gloss., Winda-claith, winnowing cloth; now called a barn-sheet. β1552Huloet, Wynew cloth, ventilabrum. 1588–9Extr. Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 129 Item, ane wonnow clayth, ane seif, ane sek, ane riddill, price xl s. 1608Topsell 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. 1790Grose Prov. Gloss. (ed. 2), Winner-cloth, a large cloth on which corn is dighted or winnowed. |