kembsterEtymologyFrom Middle English kembestere, kempstare, kemster, equivalent to kemb + -ster.kembster means A woman who cleans or combs out wool Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounA woman who cleans or combs out wool“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.”