Yelmer

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who prepares straw for use as thatch. dialectal

    "The roof being formed, or topped-up to a sufficient height, with any inferiour sort of hay, the thatcher and his yelmer go to work."

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"The roof being formed, or topped-up to a sufficient height, with any inferiour sort of hay, the thatcher and his yelmer go to work."

Etymology

From yelm + -er.

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