Kembster
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A woman who cleans or combs out wool archaic, historical
"A married woman who supplemented her family's income by brewing ale or combing wool for yarn would not have been identified in the records as a brewster or kembster."
Example
More examples"A married woman who supplemented her family's income by brewing ale or combing wool for yarn would not have been identified in the records as a brewster or kembster."
Etymology
From Middle English kembestere, kempstare, kemster, equivalent to kemb + -ster.
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