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barmcloth

barmcloth noun: an apron.

Noun

barmcloth (plural barmcloths)

  1. (archaic) An apron.
    • His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see.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[rederick] S[tartridge] Ellis, […], →OCLC, page 80
    • 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.2019, James Meek, To Calais, In Ordinary Time

Forms of barmcloth

pluralbarmcloths

Origin of barmcloth

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

Questions about barmcloth

What does barmcloth mean?
Barmcloth means an apron.
What part of speech is barmcloth?
Barmcloth is a noun.
What is the plural of barmcloth?
The plural of barmcloth is barmcloths.

Words near barmcloth in the dictionary

  1. barmbrack
  2. barmbracks
  3. Barmby on the Marsh
  4. barmcake
  5. barmcakes
  6. barmcloth
  7. barmcloths
  8. barmecidal
  9. Barmecide
  10. Barmecide feast
  11. Barmecide feasts

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