windles

/ˈwɪndəlz/

Etymology

From slurred pronunciation of windlass.

windles means A winch, a windlass. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

A winch, a windlass.“God's sake, speak her fair and canny, or we will have a raveled hasp on the yarn-windles!”