a. Also 6 wyn(n)able, 7 winneable, 8–9 (erron.) winable. [f. WIN v.1 + -ABLE.] Capable of being won, in various senses.
1544. Betham, Precepts War, I. v. B iv b. All cyties … be more wynable on the one syde, then on the other.
1611. Cotgr., Gaignable, gettable, winnable, gaineable.
1747. Hooson, Miner’s Dict., L 3 b. When Work is Soft, Kind, and Winable enough without any Hardship.
1807. Anna M. Porter, Hungarian Bro., xi. (1832), 131. The best proof I can have of her heart’s being winable only by a brave and upright man.
1883. Pall Mall Gaz., 18 Feb., 8/1. All the rest are winnable exactly as Southwark was won.
