different between barmcloth vs barkcloth

barmcloth

English

Etymology

From Old English bearmcl?þ (apron), barm +? cloth

Noun

barmcloth (plural barmcloths)

  1. (obsolete) An apron.
    • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Miller's Tale: 126-8.
      A ceynt she werede, barred al of silk,
      A barmcloth as whit as morne milk
      Upon her lendes, ful of many a goore.
    • 1868, William Morris, The Earthly Paradise: A Poem
      His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide
      Gazed forward somewhat timidly

References

  • barmcloth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • clambroth

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barkcloth

English

Etymology

From its raw material, tree bark; bark +? cloth.

Noun

barkcloth (countable and uncountable, plural barkcloths)

  1. A soft, thick, slightly textured fabric made from the inner bark of certain trees, pounded together.

Translations

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