Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An angular rent made in cloth, etc. Bartlett. Also
winkle-hole .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Local, U. S. A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also
winkle-hole .
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Examples
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We always thought a winkle-hawk was a TRIANGULAR tear in cloth, which naturally occurs when a snag is pulled from one point.
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We always thought a winkle-hawk was a TRIANGULAR tear in cloth, which naturally occurs when a snag is pulled from one point.
slumry commented on the word winkle-hawk
For one account of this term, see http://dictionary.babylon.com/winkle-hawk/, which says winkle-hawk derives from a word for a carpenter's square. Thus, perhaps, suggests a three-corned tear.
May 31, 2015