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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Winding

/wīn'-dĭng/ · Wind·ing · IPA /ˈwɪndɪŋ/
01 n. A call by the boatswain's whistle.
  1. 1.
    A call by the boatswain's whistle.(Naut.)
02 a. Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
  1. 1.
    Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.
03 n. A turn or turning; a bend; a curve; flexure; meander; as, the windings of a road or stream.
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 2.
    The material, as wire or rope, wound or coiled about anything, or a single round or turn of the material;(Elec.)
  3. 3.
    A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator.
Phrases & compounds
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 — 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.