Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WIND'ROW
WIND'ROW, n. [wind and row.]
- A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cock; or heaps. [This is the only use of the word in New England.]
- The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it. – Cyc.
- A row of peals set up for drying; or a row of pieces turf, sod or sward, cut in paring and burning. – Cyc.
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