a. rare–0. [ad. L. vīmināl-is, f. vīmin-, vīmen osier.] (See quots.)
1623. Cockeram, I. Viminal, apt or fit to bind with.
1656. Blount, Glossogr. (copying Cooper), Viminal, apt to winde or binde, belonging to Osiers or Twigs. [Hence in later Dicts. with varying definitions.]
