yarn-winder

She missed the armfuls of wood in her wood-box, that she had to fill laboriously, two sticks at a time; she missed the other plate at her tiny round table, the other chair beside her fire; she missed that dark, thin, sensitive face, with its rare and sweet smile; she wanted her story-teller, her yarn-winder, her protector, back again.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861

_Garnvinde_; Eng., reel or yarn-winder) aside, whilst standing by her _back-bword_ (Dan.,

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852