单词 | yarnwindle |
释义 | yarnwindlen. Obsolete exc. dialect. An appliance for winding a skein of yarn into a ball: = garnwindle n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > into ball > appliance for garnwinc725 yarnwindc725 yarnwindlec1325 garnwindlec1440 yarringle1611 yarndle1682 spool-knave1688 yarnets1808 c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 157 A yarwyndel. c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 547 Serence lussel et voydere, hechele clewen ȝarewyndul. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 536/2 Ȝarne wyndel, or ga(r)wyndel (S. or ȝarwyndyl), girgillus. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 794/33 Hic virgillus, a yerwyndylleblad. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 291/1 Yarne wyndell, tornette. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desvidoir, a paire of blades, or yarnwindles. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. v. 126 Nae man willingly wad cut short his thread of life before the end o' his pirn was fairly measured off on the yarn-winles. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. v. 115 Speak her fair and canny, or we will have a ravelled hasp on the yarn-windles! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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