Something wound around something else.
"The captain performed a slow winding of the yacht through the narrow harbor inlet to avoid the rocks."
The act or process of winding (turning a boat etc. around).
In plain English: A winding is something that twists around itself, like a spiral staircase or a path with many turns.
"The winding at the end of her scarf had come loose during the walk in the wind."
Usage: Use "winding" as an adjective to describe twisting paths rather than the noun form when referring to coiled objects like rope. Avoid confusing this with the verb phrase "wind up," which means to tighten a mechanism or deceive someone.
present participle of wind
"The hikers followed the winding path up the mountain side."
In plain English: To wind something is to twist it around another object, like coiling up a rope or wrapping your hair into curls.
"She was winding her scarf tighter around her neck to keep warm in the cold wind."
marked by repeated turns and bends
"a tortuous road up the mountain"
"winding roads are full of surprises"
"had to steer the car down a twisty track"
of a path e.g.
"meandering streams"
"rambling forest paths"
"the river followed its wandering course"
"a winding country road"
Twisting, turning or sinuous.
"The winding path through the forest made it difficult to see where we were going."
In plain English: Winding means something that has many turns and twists, making it hard to follow straight ahead.
"The winding path through the forest felt endless and full of surprises."
The noun is derived from Middle English winding, windinge, wyndynge ("act of exposing something to the wind, airing, ventilating; act of winnowing (?)"), from winden, wynden ("to expose (something) to the air or wind, ventilate; to cause (someone) to be out of breath; to winnow (wheat); of an animal: to catch the scent of (someone or something)") + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerund nouns, and the present participle forms of verbs). The adjective is derived from the verb.