"With a sob of rage he turned and saw his horsemen going down in windrows beneath the arrows of the Kalmucks."
—Lord of Samarcand
windrow (ˈwɪndˌrəʊ; ˈwɪnˌrəʊ)
wind·row (wĭnd′rō′)
n.
1. A linear pile of cut hay or grain left to dry in a field before being gathered.
2. Any of various other linear piles, as of leaves or snow heaped up by the wind.
tr.v. wind·rowed, wind·row·ing, wind·rows
To shape or arrange into a windrow.
wind′row′er n.
