a1438 (1940) i. 105 (MED) Þan it drow in-to wyntyrwarde.
1635 G. Wither iii. 157 That Season [sc. Autumn]..hath To Winter ward, as leasurely a path.
1874 A. C. Swinburne iii. x. 321 For the next word was not said Ere her face waned again to winter-ward As a moon smitten.