windster

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.