Whinyard
Whinyard , noun
[Compare Prov. English & Scot. whingar, whinger; perhaps from Anglo-Saxon winn contention, war + geard, gyrd, a staff, rod, yard; or compare Anglo-Saxon hwīnan to whistle, English whine.]
1.
A sword, or hanger. [Obsolete]
2.
(a) (Zoology) The shoveler.
(b)
(Zoology) The poachard. [Provincial English]