Windsor

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From Old English Windlesōra(“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel(“reel, spool”)) + ōra(“bank, shore”). [1] See windlass.


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Windsor

town in Berkshire, Old English Windlesoran (c.1060), literally "bank or slope with a windlass" (Old English *windels). Site of a royal residence, hence Windsor chair (1724), Windsor tie (1895), Windsor knot in a necktie (1953).