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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of fimble (“(male, early-ripening) hemp”) (sometimes said, variously, to be specifically either coarse-fibred hemp or hemp prepared for use)..
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.)
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 ...
... 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.
Sometimes also 'femble' sheets were listed. Often in the chests in which the bed linen was kept were towels, napkins, table-cloths and carpets (here a table and not a floor covering). Robert More (d. 1559) added variety by having a salting trough in his parlour, presumably kept under the bed, […]
Use femble when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Femble means Alternative form of fimble (“(male, early-ripening) hemp”) (sometimes said, variously, to be specifically either coarse-fibred hemp or hemp prepared for use)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
two linen table clothes, one femble tablecloth, two linen towels, […]
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