Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barmcloth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: barm-cloth
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic

Example Sentences

"His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see."
"The knaves followed and banged the pots, and the girls held up their barmcloths filled with blossom heads, but they stinted at the bridge across Sir Guy's ditch, while Anto and Will went through the gate."

Etymology

From Middle English barmcloth, barmclothe, barmecloth, from Old English bearmclāþ (“apron”), analysable as barm + cloth.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: barmcloth, bearmclāþ

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

barmcloths (plural)

Questions

What does barmcloth mean?: An apron.
Where does barmcloth come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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