Spind

Pronunciation: /ʃpɪnt/

“Spind” is a German word. Its meaning in English:

noun

a simple cupboard or locker, usually for clothes, as in a barracks or changing room (less often in places where one does not fully undress oneself, as a library, for which usually Schließfach)

Etymology

From Middle Low German spint, spinde, borrowed from or reinforced by Middle Dutch spinde, spende. Eventually related with German spenden, from Late Latin spendere, from Latin expendere; either through Medieval Latin spenda, the existence of which is doubted however, or a Germanic derivation from the verb.

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