windlin

noun

win·​dlin

ˈwindlə̇n

variants or windling

-lə̇n,

-liŋ

plural -s

chiefly Scottish

: a bundle of hay or straw

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from gerund of obsolete windle to wind, from Middle English windlen

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