barmcloth

English

Etymology

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

Noun

barmcloth (plural barmcloths)

1. (obsolete) An apron.
   • 1870, William Morris, “September: The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon”, in The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, part III, London: F[rederick] S[tartridge] Ellis, […], →OCLC, page 80:

     His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see.

Further reading

• “barmcloth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• clambroth