yelmer

Y4E1L1M3E1R1

noun

One who prepares straw for use as thatch.

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Meanings

nounyelmer (plural yelmers)

plural yelmers · alternative yealmer

  1. dialectalOne who prepares straw for use as thatch.

    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

Origin

From yelm + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

merelyRemleyLemery
Cite this entry
APA

yelmer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yelmer

MLA

“yelmer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yelmer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yelmer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yelmer.

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