wynd
English
Etymology
From Middle English wynde, probably from wynden (“to wind, proceed, go”). Compare also Old English ġewind; Old Norse venda.
Pronunciation
Noun
wynd (plural wynds)
- (chiefly Scotland) A narrow lane, alley or path, especially one between houses.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Archibald Constable and Company:
- Fortune favoured us, and we got home without meeting a soul. Once we saw a man, who seemed not quite sober, passing along a street in front of us; but we hid in a door till he had disappeared up an opening such as there are here, steep little closes, or wynds, as they call them in Scotland.
- 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 637:
- He flew through the moonlight streets, clattering over cobbles, darting down narrow alleys and up twisty wynds, racing to his love.
- 2010, Tom Dyckhoff, The Guardian, 10 Jul 2010:
- Stirling's called an Edinburgh mini-me: the same winding wynds, the same historic core, castle, looming romantic hills. Only a lot cheaper.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Archibald Constable and Company:
- (Ireland, dated) A stack of hay.
Synonyms
- (narrow lane): See Thesaurus:alley
- (stack of hay): hayrick, haystack
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Scots
Etymology
From Middle English wynde, probably from wynden (“to wind, proceed, go”). Compare also Old English ġewind; Old Norse venda.
Pronunciation
Noun
wynd (plural wynds)
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
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Noun
wynd m
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