Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Meander

(3 syl.). To wind; so called from the Meander, a winding river of Phrygia. The “Greek pattern” in embroidery is so called.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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