woolder

noun

woold·​er

-də(r)

plural -s

1

: a stick used (as in woolding) to tighten a rope at a knot

2

or woolder stick : one of the handles of the ropemaking top formed by a wooden pin passing through it

Word History

Etymology

alteration (influenced by woold) of earlier woller, probably from obsolete Dutch woelen to woold + English -er

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