I. ˈwin(d)ˌrō noun
also win·row ˈwinˌrō
Etymology: wind (I) + row
1.
a.
(1) : a row of hay raked up to dry before being rolled or pitched into cocks
(2) : a similar row (as of grain) for drying
b. : a row heaped up by or as if by the wind
powdery new snow … cut sharp in windrows — Brooks Atkinson
the tides heap the western beaches with windrows of shells — Marjory S. Douglas
c.
(1) : a long low ridge of road-making material that has been scraped to the side of a road
(2) : bank , ridge , heap
these rock windrows, piled up as fields are cleared of stones, hold water on the land — Quentin Keynes
beneath the wagons lay windrows of slumbering men — T.W.Duncan
2. : a furrow in which sugarcane stalks are laid in order to obtain a new crop of cane from the eyes of the stalks or to protect the stalks from frost
II. transitive verb
also winrow “
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to put into windrows