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Meaning of windles | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈwɪndəlz

Definitions

A winch, a windlass.

Examples

“God's sake, speak her fair and canny, or we will have a raveled hasp on the yarn-windles!”
“his boate fitted with Sayle, Oares, thoughts, tholes danyd, windles and rother”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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