Winding word meaning and definition

[noun] the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"
[adjective] of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
[adjective] marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

\Wind"ing\, n. The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material; as (Elec.), a series winding, or one in which the armature coil, the field-magnet coil, and the external circuit form a continuous conductor; a shunt winding, or one of such a character that the armature current is divided, a portion of the current being led around the field-magnet coils.
\Wind"ing\, n. [From {Wind} to blow.] (Naut.) A call by the boatswain's whistle.
\Wind"ing\, a. [From {Wind} to twist.] Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous. --Keble.
\Wind"ing\, n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream. To nurse the saplings tall, and curl the grove With ringlets quaint, and wanton windings wove. --Milton. {Winding engine}, an engine employed in mining to draw up buckets from a deep pit; a hoisting engine. {Winding sheet}, a sheet in which a corpse is wound or wrapped. {Winding tackle} (Naut.), a tackle consisting of a fixed triple block, and a double or triple movable block, used for hoisting heavy articles in or out of a vessel. --Totten.

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