Yelm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /jɛlm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Yelm is a noun meaning (UK, dialectal) A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm.
Meaning
(UK, dialectal) A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To choose and lay out (straw) straight to be used for animal fodder or thatching; to helm.
- (intransitive) To choose and lay out straw straight to be used for animal fodder or thatching; to helm.
Example Sentences
He [the thatcher] is attended by a man to carry up the ‘yelms,’ […]
The thatcher then laid the ‘yelms’, or bunches of drawn straw, on the laths, beginning at the eaves and working up towards the ridge.
MAYNARD, Robert, engineer,[…]—"Improvements in portable chaff-cutting machinery." Apparatus for straightening or "yealming" the straw, and additional means for bringing the straw forward to the knives.
The straw, when delivered from the threshing machine, […] then comes down an inclined rack, nearly yelmed and ready for cutting into chaff. Three men yelm the straw, mixing it with a small quantity of green fodder, such as rye or tares.
Word Forms
- yelms
- yelming
- yelmed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yealm, yelmer, thatching, shilf, leghorn, hile.
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