WINDROW, noun [wind and row.] 1. A row or line of hay, raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps. [This is the only use of the word in New England.] 2. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it. 3. A row of peats set up for drying; or a row of pieces of turf, sod or sward, cut in paring and burning.
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