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ˈwound-down, a.
[f. wound, pa. pple. of wind v.1 + down adv.]
That has undergone winding down (see wind v.1 21); that has been lowered by winding.
1939Dylan Thomas Map of Love 20 The wound-down cough of the blood-counting clock. 1974P. McCutchan Call for Simon Shard xii. 110 He sniffed through the wound-down window. 1984W. Garner Rats' Alley xi. 218 He could hear its [sc. the helicopter's] racket through the wound-down window of the car. |