Barmcloth

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An apron. archaic

    "His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see."

Example

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"His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see."

Etymology

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

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