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barmcloth

noun

Etymology

From Middle English barmcloth, barmclothe, barmecloth, from Old English bearmclāþ (“apron”), analysable as barm + cloth.

  1. inherited from bearmclāþ — “apron”
  2. inherited from barmcloth

Definitions

  1. An apron.

    • His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see.
    • The knaves followed and banged the pots, and the girls held up their barmcloths filled with blossom heads, but they stinted at the bridge across Sir Guy's ditch, while Anto and Will went through the gate.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA