What does barmcloth mean?
Barmcloth means (archaic) An apron..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic) An apron..
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.
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Barmcloth means (archaic) An apron..
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His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see.
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