barmclothEtymologyFrom Middle English barmcloth, barmclothe, barmecloth, from Old English bearmclāþ (“apron”), analysable as barm + cloth.barmcloth means an apron. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounAn apron.“His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see.”