barmcloth

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

barmcloth (plural barmcloths)

(obsolete) An apron.
- 1870, William Morris, “September: The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon”, in The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, part III, London: F S Ellis, , →OCLC, page 80:
  His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see.

Further reading

“barmcloth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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