seamer

See also: Seamer

English

Etymology

From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)

Noun

seamer (plural seamers)

1. A person who sews seams.
   • 2010, Helen Chenut, Fabric of Gender: Working-Class Culture in Third Republic France:

     The case of Mme Binet's mother, a young widow who worked as a seamer at home, reveals how this system affected homeworkers.

2. Part of a sewing machine that creates seams.
3. (cricket) A bowler skilled at making the ball seam.

Derived terms

• four-seamer
• two-seamer

 

Anagrams

• Marsee, Reames, meares, ameers, reseam, ramees, reames, Mersea, Sameer