windlestraw

A thin, dried stalk of grass.

The old stalk of various grasses, as the tufted hair-grass, Deschampsia (Aira) cæspitosa, the dog’s-tail, Cynosurus cristatus, or Apera (Agrostis) Spica-venti.

The whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea: same as jackstraw, 5.

A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, especially Agrostis Spica-ventis.