Winder
noun
1.
a person or thing that winds.
2.
a staircase step for changing direction.
Compare flier (def 9).
3.
a plant that coils or twines itself about something.
4.
an instrument or a machine for winding thread or the like.
noun
1.
a person or device that winds, as an engine for hoisting the cages in a mine shaft or a device for winding the yarn in textile manufacture
2.
an object, such as a bobbin, around which something is wound
3.
a knob or key used to wind up a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
4.
any plant that twists itself around a support
5.
a step of a spiral staircase
windbag
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