bay yarn

English

Noun

bay yarn (countable and uncountable, plural bay yarns)

  1. (UK, dialect) woollen yarn
    • 1739, some UK law statute:
      subsidy was granted on the importation of woollen or bay yarn in proportion to the said rate

References

“bay yarn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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