[f. WIND v.2 + -ING2.]
1. Of a horn: That is winded.
1735. Somerville, Chase, III. 402. The winding Horn, and Huntsman’s Voice, Let loose the gen’ral Chorus.
2. That ‘winds’ one; taking one’s breath away.
1842. Lover, Handy Andy, ix. The drunken man at least gave some tokens of returning consciousness by making several winding blows at his benefactors.
