Definition of "winder" []

• One that winds, especially a textile worker or machine that winds cloth or materials. (noun)
• An object, such as a spool or barrel, around which material is wound. (noun)
• A device, such as a key, for winding up a spring-driven mechanism. (noun)
• One of the steps of a winding staircase. (noun)
• Upper Southern U.S. Variant of window. See Regional Note at holler2. (noun)

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• "Here I took the wheels off so you can see the skein winder in situ:"
• "One nice feature of the charkha is that there's a skein winder included."
• "The men pointed and stared for fifteen minutes before the police chief motioned toward a small wishing well protruding from the lower frame of the machine, exclaiming, “The little crank and shaft for the well bucket is the bobbin winder!”"