Obs. [OE. linden, f. lind: see LIND.] Made of the wood of the lime-tree.
a. 1000. Gnomic Verses (Exeter MS.), 95 (Gr.). Scip sceal ʓenæʓled, scyld ʓebunden, leoht linden bord.
c. 1320. Sir Tristr., 2039. Bi water he sent adoun Liȝt linden spon.