winder
a person or thing that winds.
a staircase step for changing direction.: Compare flier (def. 9).
a plant that coils or twines itself about something.
an instrument or a machine for winding thread or the like.
Origin of winder
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How to use winder in a sentence
His winders looked right opsit Newgit, and many and many dozen chaps has he seen hanging there.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush | William Makepeace ThackerayThere was a grin on the faces of the loafing West Winders who sensed what was in the air and who hung around within earshot.
The Viking Blood | Frederick William WallaceI found him, after a while, standing by the back door and staring up at the chamber winders as if he missed something.
Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. LincolnI was strolling up Regent Street the other day, thinkin what a clever fam'ly I come of, and looking at the gay shop-winders.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward | Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)Then hes used to climin through folks winders, said Aunt Lydia sarcastically.
Fighting the Sea | Edward A. Rand
British Dictionary definitions for winder
/ (ˈwaɪndə) /
a person or device that winds, as an engine for hoisting the cages in a mine shaft or a device for winding the yarn in textile manufacture
an object, such as a bobbin, around which something is wound
a knob or key used to wind up a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
any plant that twists itself around a support
a step of a spiral staircase
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