Talk:windle

RFV discussion: July–October 2017
Rfv-sense: Plantago lancelata, dog-tail grass (dog's tail grass, dogtail grass, dogtail, dog-tail, dog's tail?).

I can't find it in online sources. There is a genus Cynosurus (dogstail). DCDuring (talk) 03:16, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Found some references to windle-grass. I can't verify the specific species. DTLHS (talk) 03:25, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure about the distinction with "bent grass", maybe the senses could be merged. DTLHS (talk) 03:28, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The glossary citation is a mention and refers both to P. lanceolata and to the stalks of grassy plants in general, which is consistent with other usage and some definitions of windle in other dictionaries.
 * The one specific name (besides windle) in the citations is of crested dog's tail, which is taxonomically Cynosurus cristatus. DCDuring (talk) 18:12, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Wright's English Dialect Dictionary (1909) has, for one set of definitions of windle:
 * 1. sb. A long stalk of grass or corn; a dry stalk of grass left standing in a field. n.Cy. The straw of wild grass (hall.). w.Yks.2, Lan.1, s.Lan.1, Chs.18, Der.2, nw.Der.1
 * 2. Comp. (1) Windle-grass, a lank, parched stalk of grass; (2) -straw, (a) a stalk of withered grass, esp. of the crested dog-tail grass, Cynosurus cristatus, or of the white couch-grass, Triticum repens.
 * Thus, we have reasonable evidence for a more general sense of windle, but not the one(s) in our entry. BTW, bentgrasses are Agrostis spp. I haven't yet found evidence in support of that definition either. DCDuring (talk) 18:30, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Another source, which I can't find again, includes P. lanceolata in a list that includes five grass species and sedges (Carex and Juncus). DCDuring (talk) 19:00, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

I altered the definition to be more generic. I am now calling this cited Kiwima (talk) 05:16, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

RFV-resolved Kiwima (talk) 09:49, 29 October 2017 (UTC)