In the Derby household book of 1561, wheat, malt, and oats are sold by the quarter and the windle, in which the quarter clearly contained sixteen windles, and must have been a wholly different measure from that which we are familiar.
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Windle — may refer to: People called: * Bob Windle * Janice Woods Windle * Jeanette WindlePlaces called: * Windle, Merseyside … Wikipedia
Windle — Win dle, n. [From {Wind} to turn.] [1913 Webster] 1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) The redwing. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Windle — Robert „Bob“ Windle (* 7. November 1944 in Sydney) ist ein ehemaliger australischer Schwimmer. Bemerkenswert war an ihm, dass er sowohl über die kurzen wie auch über die langen Freistilstecken erfolgreich war. Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1964 in… … Deutsch Wikipedia
$windle — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Swindle Originaltitel: $windle Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 2002 Länge: 91 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch … Deutsch Wikipedia
Windle — This unusual name, with variant spellings Windell and Windhill, is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a northern English locational surname from a place in Lancashire called Windle, or from Windhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The former was… … Surnames reference
Windle, Merseyside — Windle is a suburb of St. Helens and closely borders the villages of Eccleston and Rainford. It was one of the original four townships formed that would later merge to become St. Helens.HousingMost of the houses in the area are semi detached… … Wikipedia
Windle Brook — The Windle Brook is a small river running through the borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England. Its source is to the west of Chobham. The brook runs north of Chobham and through Windlesham, providing the latter with its name. It then flows… … Wikipedia
windle — /win dl, win l/, n. Scot. and North Eng. a measure of corn, wheat, or other commodities equal to approximately three bushels, but varying in different regions. [bef. 900; ME wyndel, OE windel box, basket; akin to WIND2] * * * … Universalium
windle — win·dle … English syllables
Windle — /ˈwɪndl/ (say windl) noun Bob, born 1944, Australian Olympic swimmer …
