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.
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How to use winder in a sentence
The Queen is looking for a new clock winder - sorry, 'horological conservator' - to manage her collection fo over 1,000 clocks.
And five minutes later that critter he came To the second floor winder surrounded by flame.
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousI'd pitch him out o' winder, only he couldn't fall far enough, 'cause o' the leads outside.'
The Pickwick Papers | Charles Dickens"I've lived all my days without ary winder, an' got along mighty well," said she.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler | Pardee ButlerYou'll find something the Count give me to bring yer; I've put it on the winder-sill out 'ere.
The Tinted Venus | F. Anstey
Spinks's Charlotte is a very different affair—and there she is at the winder over the way.
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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