Obs. [f. WINNOW v.] A winnowing-sheet.
c. 1394. P. Pl. Crede, 435. His wijf walked him wiþ … In a cutted cote … Wrapped in a wynwe schete to weren hire fro weders.
14[?]. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 618/38. Ventilabrum..., a wynue [printed wynne] shete.
1577. in H. Hall, Soc. Eliz. Age (1886), App. I. 154. 16 sacks & two window sheets.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. iii. 74/1. To make Wind with a Winnow sheet.
1808. Sporting Mag., XXXI. 113. Covered with a winnow-sheet.
