kembster

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A woman who cleans or combs out wool archaic,historical
    — A married woman who supplemented her family's income by brewing ale or combing wool for yarn would not have been identified in the records as a brewster or kembster.

词形变化

kembsters plural kempster alternative

词源

From Middle English kembestere, kempstare, kemster, equivalent to kemb + -ster.
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