yelm
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yelm
- /jɛlm/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛlm
Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English yelm, from Old English ġielm (“bunch or handful (of plant stems)”), from Proto-West Germanic *galmi (“bundle or handful of plants”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) or *gʰel- (“to cut”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
noun yelms
- A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm. After the leaves had been removed, as many turnips were thrown together as would lie upon a circle four yards in diameter: yealms of wheat-straw were made, similar to such as are used for thatching, but longer, thicker, and formed with less precision: four tall stakes were then driven into the earth
verb yelms · yelming · yelmed · yealm
- To choose and lay out (straw) straight to be used for animal fodder or thatching; to helm. Horses thrive particularly well upon it [furze], and are exceedingly lively and hearty in their work; but I have usually given it to them mixed with chaff, containing one part hay, and two parts straw, yelmed together, and cut by a chaff-cutter.
- To choose and lay out straw straight to be used for animal fodder or thatching; to helm. [T]wo or three women are busy ‘yelming’—i.e., separating the straw, selecting the longest and laying it level and parallel, damping it with water, and preparing it for the yokes.
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