yelm
A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatchingA bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm.
Meaning
1 senses(UK, dialectal)A bundle of straw laid out straight, chiefly to be used for thatching; a helm.
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English yelm, from Old English ġielm (“bunch or handful (oThe 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”).
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