windster

English

Etymology

From Middle English wyndster, windestre, equivalent to wind (verb) +‎ -ster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪnd.stə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪnd.stɚ/

Noun

windster (plural windsters)

1. (historical) A person who winds wool, silk, thread, etc.
   • 1789, The American museum or repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, prose and poetical, volume 5:

     Your windster must always have a bowl of cold water by her, to dip her fingers in, and to sprinkle very often the said bar, that the heat may not burn the thread.

   • 1951, Series of Reprints of Scarce Works on Political Economy:

     Silk-winders or windsters easily became weavers.