n.
1.a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)
2.mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
3.mechanical device around which something can be wound
Idiom of the Day
force (something) down (someone's) throat
to force someone to do or agree to something that he or she does not want
I wish that my friend would not force her ideas down my throat.