femble

Noun

 * 1) * 1859, Surtees Society, York Minster, James Raine, Publications of the Surtees Society, page 162:
 * two linen table clothes, one femble tablecloth, two linen towels,
 * 1) * 1934, The Treatment of Poverty in Cambridgeshire 1597-1834, CUP Archive, page 35:
 * The next year 65 stone of &quot;femble&quot; hemp1 were bought&quot;
 * 1 There were three buyers of cloth and one of tow in 1622.
 * 2 &quot;Femble&quot; hemp was the term applied to the fibre as prepared for use. (Vide Oxf. Dict.)
 * 1) * 2003, Joan Thirsk, Rural Economy of England, Bloomsbury Publishing (ISBN 9780826445247), page 155:
 * John Parish of Beltoft, who died in 1590, left linen cloth, femble, and harden cloth worth £3 5s. 4d., femble yarn and harden yarn worth ten shillings, heckled line and femble worth two shillings and sixpence, braked hemp worth six shillings and ...
 * 1) * 2003, Joan Thirsk, Rural Economy of England, Bloomsbury Publishing (ISBN 9780826445247), page 155:
 * John Parish of Beltoft, who died in 1590, left linen cloth, femble, and harden cloth worth £3 5s. 4d., femble yarn and harden yarn worth ten shillings, heckled line and femble worth two shillings and sixpence, braked hemp worth six shillings and ...
 * John Parish of Beltoft, who died in 1590, left linen cloth, femble, and harden cloth worth £3 5s. 4d., femble yarn and harden yarn worth ten shillings, heckled line and femble worth two shillings and sixpence, braked hemp worth six shillings and ...

Alternative forms

 * fimble