Also 5 yernwynder. [In ME. an alteration of OE. ʓearnwinde or of YARNWINDLE by association with winder (cf. Du. garenwinder); in mod. E. f. YARN sb. + WINDER.] An apparatus for winding yarn, as a yarn-reel or a yarn-spooler.

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14[?].  Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 564/31. Appendia,… a yernwynder, or a reel.

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1875.  Knight, Dict. Mech., Yarn-winder.

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