Femble

Quick meaning: Femble is a noun meaning Alternative form of fimble (“(male, early-ripening) hemp”) (sometimes said, variously, to be specifically either coarse-fibred hemp or hemp prepared for use).

Meaning

Alternative form of fimble (“(male, early-ripening) hemp”) (sometimes said, variously, to be specifically either coarse-fibred hemp or hemp prepared for use).

Example Sentences

two linen table clothes, one femble tablecloth, two linen towels, […]

The next year 65 stone of "femble" hemp1 were bought" […] ¹ There were three buyers of cloth and one of tow in 1622. ² "Femble" hemp was the term applied to the fibre as prepared for use. (Vide Oxf. Dict.)

... with nettles and other rubbish, sowed hemp on six acres three roods; he got two last and one half of seed , without taking the advantage of picking the femble hemp; after threshing he stacked it, and in the spring watered and dressed it.

John Parish of Beltoft, who died in 1590, left linen cloth, femble, and harden cloth worth £3 5s. 4d., femble yarn and harden yarn worth ten shillings, heckled line and femble worth two shillings and sixpence, braked hemp worth six shillings and .

Word Forms

• fembles

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include filberd, guimp, filibeg, filabeg, herbelet, fillibeg.

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