WINDLE

Etymology 1

Noun

windle (plural windles)

(UK, dialect) The redwing.

Etymology 2

Noun

windle (plural windles)

An old English measure of corn, half a bushel.

Any dried-out grass leaf or stalk in a field

Also any of several species of grasses that leave such leaves or stalks, such as dog-tail grass, Plantago lanceolata

Bent grass (Agrostis spp.).

A windlass

A reel for winding something into a bundle, such as winding string or yarn into skeins or straw into bundles.

Verb

windle (third-person singular simple present windles, present participle windling, simple past and past participle windled)

(transitive) To bind straw into bundles.

Anagrams

• wilden

Proper noun

Windle (plural Windles)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Windle is the 10515^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3051 individuals. Windle is most common among White (92.99%) individuals.

Anagrams

• wilden

Source: Wiktionary

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Win"dle, n. Etym: [From Wind to turn.]

1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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