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.