Yelk vs Yelm - What's the difference?
yelk | yelm |
a bundle of straw used for thatch
*1952 : The thatcher then laid the 'yelms', or bunches of drawn straw, on the laths, beginning at the eaves and working up towards the ridge. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 224.
to prepare straw for use as thatch
*1952 : 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. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 224.
As nouns the difference between yelk and yelm
is that yelk is obsolete spelling of lang=en while yelm is a bundle of straw used for thatch.As a verb yelm is
to prepare straw for use as thatch.yelk
English
Usage notes
*Some 19th-century authorities regarded this as the correct spelling. **1828 , , An American Dictionary of the English Language , "yelk": **:It is sometimes written and pronounced yolk, but yelk is the proper word. Yolk is a corruption.
