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windster en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwaɪnd.stɚ/ (US)
• /ˈwaɪnd.stə/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English wyndster, windestre, equivalent to wind (verb) + -ster.

Meanings

1. (historical) 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:

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