kembster
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English kembestere, kempstare, kemster, equivalent to kemb + -ster.
Noun
kembster (plural kembsters)
- (archaic, historical) A woman who cleans or combs out wool
- 2005, Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620, page 15:
- 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.
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