winder

Examples

• All

• He used the winder to carefully wrap the thread around the spool.

• And that is why I have an automatic watch Winder box right here.

• A Pentax ME Super camera was used with a Pentax 135mm (3.5) lens and motor winder.

  Academic text (1994)

• Power hoists, driven by gasoline engines, replaced the manual winders beginning in 1906 (Vojtech, 1993).

  Academic text (1996)

• Shortly afterward, owners installed winders on the decks of vessels to haul the dredges more efficiently (Rolfs, 1971).

  Academic text (1996)

• The smallest vessels carded a dredge and a winder to haul it aboard while the others carried two of each (Stevenson, 1894) (Fig. 72-74).

  Academic text (1996)

• The photographer adjusted the winder to advance the film for the next shot.

• Using the winder, she quickly tightened the rope for the sail.

Synonyms

S

spindle

vswinder

2 7.5

A thin stick used for twisting and winding fibers into yarn

is a broader mechanical device used for many winding tasks, not only spinning yarn

C

coiler

vswinder

1 7.5

A machine or person that winds wire and rope into coils

is a general mechanical device that winds various items, not only into coils

W

windle

vswinder

• Archaic

9.9

A small tool like a spool that holds wrapped yarn

is a mechanical device for winding many materials, not only thread or yarn

Compounds

S

stem-winder

• Archaic

9.9

A watch that you keep running by turning the small knob on it

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology