wynd

American  

[wahynd] / waɪnd /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a narrow street or alley.

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wynd British  

/ waɪnd /

noun

1. a narrow lane or alley

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Etymology

Origin of wynd

1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) wynde, Old English gewind winding path. See wind ²

Example Sentences

The night that Tor- wynd ... my boy, he ...”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

And Tor- wynd ... it was the cold claimed him.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

This same yere upon seynt Maurys day, the yere of our lord a mlccclxj, was the gret wynd whiche caste doun tres, houses, pynacles and steplees of chirches and manye places in Engelond.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

And on hys wey gan he wynd, For hym all̴ they pray.

From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown

It was up a wynd off a side street in St. Bride’s that Jessie had her lodging.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis