winder

winder [wahyn-der] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a person or thing that winds.
2. a staircase step for changing direction.Compare flier(def 9).
3. a plant that coils or twines itself about something.
4. an instrument or a machine for winding thread or the like.

Origin of winder First recorded in 1545–55; wind2 + -er1 Examples from the Web for winder Historical Examples of winder

Now set right down here, where you can see out o’ the winder.

Meadow Grass

Alice Brown

You jest pull in my sheets, an’ shet the winder, while I do it.

Meadow Grass

Alice Brown

Except the milk, and he gave me my ha’porth through the winder.

The Channings

Mrs. Henry Wood

There’s house with a winder, but I am afraid of their being proud.

Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit

Charles Dickens

I shut every winder tight and I make Kenelm do the same thing.

Thankful’s Inheritance

Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for winder winder noun

1. 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
2. an object, such as a bobbin, around which something is wound
3. a knob or key used to wind up a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
4. any plant that twists itself around a support
5. a step of a spiral staircase