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yelm + -er
yelmer (plural yelmers)
- (dialect) One who prepares straw for use as thatch.
1841, Jefferys Taylor, The Farm, page 149:The roof being formed, or topped-up to a sufficient height, with any inferiour sort of hay, the thatcher and his yelmer go to work.