wynd

[ wahynd ]

nounChiefly Scot.
  1. a narrow street or alley.

Origin of wynd

1
1375–1425; late Middle English (Scots ) wynde,Old English gewind winding path. See wind2

Words Nearby wynd

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How to use wynd in a sentence

  • And with that Macfarlane took his departure and drove off up the wynd in his gig to get under cover before daylight.

    Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Once Chirsty left him and took up her abode in a house just across the wynd.

    Auld Licht Idylls | J. M. Barrie
  • Once the lights of a little town are lit, who could ever hope to tell all its story, or the story of a single wynd in it?

    Margaret Ogilvy | J. M. Barrie
  • Tailed by scuffling gamins, the strange little procession moved quickly down the wynd and turned into the roaring Cowgate.

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
  • A wrought-iron lantern hanging in an arched opening, lighted the entrance to the wynd.

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for wynd

wynd

/ (waɪnd) /


noun
  1. Scot a narrow lane or alley

Origin of wynd

1
C15: from the stem of wind ²

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