winberry

See also: Winberry

English

Noun

winberry (plural winberries)

1. Alternative form of whimberry
   • [1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Whortes, or Whortle berries”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book III, page 1231, column 2:

     […] the French men Airelle, or Aurelie, as Iohannes de Choul writeth: and we in England Whortes, Whortle berries, Blacke Berries, Bill Berries, and Bull Berries, and in ſome places Winberries.]

   • 1908, “X. Plain Foods”, in T. H. Holding, The Camper's Handbook‎^[1], London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., page 103:

     The bilberries, or winberries, or whatever they are called, are so tasty, so delightful in flavour, that they are grand to eat by themselves, and they certainly make apple stews particularly appetising.

   • 2014 May 9, Vili Lehdonvirta, Edward Castronova, “Theories of Human Behaviour”, in Virtual Economies: Design and Analysis‎^[2], Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, →ISBN, page 24:

     Using the example, our person's utility for winberries could be 3, strawberries 2, and smallpox 1.