windles

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/ˈwɪndəlz/

noun

A winch, a windlass.

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Meanings

windles1

noun
  1. pluralplural of windle

windles2

noun
  1. A winch, a windlass.

    his boate fitted with Sayle, Oares, thoughts, tholes danyd, windles and rother

    1906, Samuel Purchas, edited by Hakluyt Society, Hakluytus posthumus, or, Purchas his Pilgrimes: contayning a history of the world in sea voyages and lande travells by Englishmen and others, number 30
    1 more example

    God's sake, speak her fair and canny, or we will have a raveled hasp on the yarn-windles!

    1821, Walter Scott, Kenilworth, page 50

Windles3

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Windle

Origin

windles · noun

See windle.

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windles · noun

From slurred pronunciation of windlass.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

swindle
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APA

windles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windles

MLA

“windles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windles. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windles,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windles.

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