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Windore

Win′dore

,
Noun.
[A corrupt. of
window
; or perh. coined on the wrong assumption that
window
is from
wind + door
.]
A window.
[Obs.]
Hudibras.

Definition 2024


windore

windore

English

Noun

windore (plural windores)

  1. Obsolete form of window.
    • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 2
      Not as the ancient heroes did, \ Who, that their base births might be hid, \ Knowing they were of doubtful gender, \ And that they came in at a windore, \ Made Jupiter himself, and others \ O' th' gods, gallants to their own mothers