† kempstern.

Forms: Middle English keme-, Middle English kempstare, kembestere, cem-, kem-, Middle English–1500s kemp-, (1600s kemester).

Etymology: < kemb v. + -ster suffix. Compare Middle Dutch kemster(e.

Obsolete.

A comber (of wool); properly, a female comber.

ΘΚΠ

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kempstera1400

a1400 Burgh Laws ciii, in Sc. Stat. I Gif ony kemestaris levis þe burgh to dwell wyth uplandys men.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 601/10 Pectrix, a kembestere.

c1400 Promptorium Parvulorum 270/2 Kempstare, pectrix.

1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 30 Katherin the kempster..swore..That she kembyth neuer Wulle so well.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 481/1 This felowe chattereth lyke a kempster,..comme vne piegneresse de layne.

a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. D3 Kamesters [MS (?c1625) Kemsters] are ay creeshie.

Compounds

In combinations.

ΚΠ

1356 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 283 [8 pairs of] kemster-combes, [and one] boweshawe, 11d.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	kempster
释义	† kempstern. Forms: Middle English keme-, Middle English kempstare, kembestere, cem-, kem-, Middle English–1500s kemp-, (1600s kemester). Etymology: < kemb v. + -ster suffix. Compare Middle Dutch kemster(e. Obsolete. A comber (of wool); properly, a female comber. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing wool > [noun] > combing > one who > female kempstera1400 a1400 Burgh Laws ciii, in Sc. Stat. I Gif ony kemestaris levis þe burgh to dwell wyth uplandys men. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 601/10 Pectrix, a kembestere. c1400 Promptorium Parvulorum 270/2 Kempstare, pectrix. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 30 Katherin the kempster..swore..That she kembyth neuer Wulle so well. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 481/1 This felowe chattereth lyke a kempster,..comme vne piegneresse de layne. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. D3 Kamesters [MS (?c1625) Kemsters] are ay creeshie. Compounds In combinations. ΚΠ 1356 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 283 [8 pairs of] kemster-combes, [and one] boweshawe, 11d. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1356
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