Obs. Forms: 3 (Orm.) winndell, 4 wyndel, 5 -dylle, -dle, 6 windle. [f. stem of OE. windwian WINNOW v. + -LE 1. Cf. WIND v.3] A winnowing-fan.
c. 1200. Ormin, 10483. Himm shollde brinngenn inn hiss hannd Hiss winndell forr to winndwenn.
a. 1400. N. T. (Paues), Matt. iii. 12. Whos wyndel is in his honde, & he schal clense fully his korne.
c. 1425. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 664/7. Hoc uentilabrum, wyndylle.
1550. Coverdale, Spir. Perle, vii. 65. When the corne is threshed, the kernel lyeth mixed among the chaf, and afterwarde are they disseuered a sonder wyth the fanne or wyndle.
