woodbind

English

Noun

woodbind (plural woodbinds)

1. Obsolete form of woodbine.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     A Woodbind Garland sought to crown his Hair:
     Then turn'd his Kace again the riling Day

   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     a gerlond […] of woodbind or of hauthorn leaves

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References

• “woodbind”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.