scherm
English
Noun
scherm (plural scherms)
- A temporary shelter made from branches.
- 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company (1907), page 53:
- [W]e went to work to build a "scherm" near one of the pools and about a hundred yards to the right of it. This is done by cutting a quantity of thorn bushes and piling them in the shape of a circular hedge. Then the space enclosed is smoothed, and dry tambouki grass, if obtainable, is made into a bed in the centre, and a fire or fires lighted.
- 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company (1907), page 53:
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrm
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz.
Noun
scherm n (plural schermen, diminutive schermpje n)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: scherm
- Limburgish: sjèrm
Further reading
- “scherm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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