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prettygoodwordthrummy (THRUM-ee) - adj., covered or edged with thrums.
Which is not very useful unless you know that a thrum is an unwoven end of a warp thread or a fringe of such ends, and by extension any short loose thread. So, having a shaggy (or sometime downy) edge or surface. This sense dates to Middle English, descended from Old English thrum meaning ligament (esp. of the tongue), of Germanic origin.
No, I don't remember where I stumbled upon this.
---L.
Which is not very useful unless you know that a thrum is an unwoven end of a warp thread or a fringe of such ends, and by extension any short loose thread. So, having a shaggy (or sometime downy) edge or surface. This sense dates to Middle English, descended from Old English thrum meaning ligament (esp. of the tongue), of Germanic origin.
No, I don't remember where I stumbled upon this.
---L.
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Date: 2016-10-17 04:15 pm (UTC)(For once I do remember the term's personal provenance--from knitting, not ME/OE! Cadeautje is a slipper pattern by a Scottish designer, Ysolda Teague; she and others ascribe "thrumming" to Newfoundland and Labrador knitting practice. This shows earlier, somewhat more aggressive versions of thrumming: twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2011/02/plenty-of-warmth-style-in-thrummed-cap.html)
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Date: 2016-10-18 02:48 pm (UTC)