See Also: windas(dictionary)

windas (iou)



windas noun. Pl. -as(s)es. ME.
[Anglo-Norman = Old French guindas from Old Norse vindass, from vinda WIND verb1 + ass pole.]
= WINDLASS noun1 1. Long obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
A contrivance like a winch used for bending a crossbow. Cf. WINDLASS noun1 2. Long obsolete exc. Hist. LME.