Windlestraw
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Windlestraw is a noun meaning (UK, Scotland, dialect) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, especially Apera spica-venti.
Meaning
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, especially Apera spica-venti.
Example Sentences
Grey rocks did peep from the square moss, and stemmed / The struggling brook: tall spires of windlestrae / Threw their thin shadows down the rugged slope, / And nought but gnarlèd roots of ancient pines, / Branchless and blasted, clenched with grasping roots / The unwilling soil.
Word Forms
- windlestraws
- windlestrae
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include windlestrae, windle, widdy, windling, yarnwindle, spinnel.
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