windac

English

Etymology

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Noun

windac (plural windacs)

1. (archaic) A grappling iron used to bend a crossbow.
   • 1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men:

     Matcham had picked up the windac and went first, Dick following stiffly, with his cross-bow on his arm.