yelm
English
Noun
yelm (plural yelms)
- (dialectal) A bundle of straw for thatching.
- 1952, Louis Francis Salzman, Building in England, p. 224:
- The thatcher then laid the 'yelms' , or bunches of drawn straw, on the laths, beginning at the eaves and working up towards the ridge.
- 1952, Louis Francis Salzman, Building in England, p. 224:
Verb
yelm (third-person singular simple present yelms, present participle yelming, simple past and past participle yelmed)
- (dialectal) To prepare straw for use as thatch.
- 1952, Louis Francis Salzman, Building in England, p. 224:
- The preparation of straw for thatch, which was known as 'yelming' , consisted in damping it and 'drawing' it with a thatching-fork, or great comb, so as to get the straws parallel.
- 1952, Louis Francis Salzman, Building in England, p. 224:
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