windster
UK/ˈwaɪnd.stə/US/ˈwaɪnd.stɚ/
windster noun: a person who winds wool, silk, thread, etc.
Noun
windster (plural windsters)
- A person who winds wool, silk, thread, etc.
- Your windster must always have a bowl of cold water by her, to dip her fingers in, and to sprinkle very often the said bar, that the heat may not burn the thread.1789, The American museum or repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, prose and poetical, volume 5
- Silk-winders or windsters easily became weavers.1951, Series of Reprints of Scarce Works on Political Economy
Forms of windster
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Origin of windster
From Middle English wyndster, windestre, equivalent to wind (verb) + -ster.
Questions about windster
- What does windster mean?
- Windster means a person who winds wool, silk, thread, etc.
- What part of speech is windster?
- Windster is a noun.
- How do you pronounce windster?
- Windster is pronounced /ˈwaɪnd.stə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of windster?
- The plural of windster is windsters.
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