The AI-powered English dictionary
plural yelms
(dialect) A bundle of straw for thatching. quotations examples
The thatcher then laid the 'yelms' , or bunches of drawn straw, on the laths, beginning at the eaves and working up towards the ridge.
1952, Louis Francis Salzman, Building in England, page 224
third-person singular simple present yelms, present participle yelming, simple past and past participle yelmed
(dialect) To prepare straw for use as thatch. quotations examples
The preparation of straw for thatch, which was known as 'yelming' , consisted in damping it and 'drawing' it with a thatching-fork, or great comb, so as to get the straws parallel.