vindskeið
nafnorðkvenkynvind-skeið
f. [from vindr, adj., or vindr, m.(?)], the ‘wind-sheath,’ barge-rafter, the edge-boards at a gable end, prob. so called from being twisted in the shape of dragons twisting their tails at the top, while their heads are at the eaves, N. G. L. i. 101, Fs. 62, Eg. 749.