yelmer
English
Alternative forms
- yealmer
Etymology
yelm + -er
Noun
yelmer (plural yelmers)
- (dialect) One who prepares straw for use as thatch.
- 1841, Jefferys Taylor, The Farm (page 149)
- 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.
- 1841, Jefferys Taylor, The Farm (page 149)