Obs. In 5 lyncet, -set. [f. line flax (see LINE sb.1) + SEAT.] The stool on which women sit while spinning.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 305/2. Lyncet, a werkynge stole.
1465. Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.), 484. Item, to Cumberton fore a lynset the same day, viij.d.
