The story
- Dutch · borrowed fromwenteltrap“a winding staircase”
- English todaywentletrap
Borrowed from Dutch wenteltrap (“a winding staircase”); compare German Wendeltreppe.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
wentletrap
Today it means: Any of numerous species of elegant, usually white, marine shells of the family Epitoniidae, especially Epitonium scalare, which were formerly highly valued. Full definition →
Dutch wenteltrap