† whelmer Archit. Obs.
[? f. whelm v. + -er1.]
? A stone placed horizontally. (But cf. wheeler 10.)
| 1618 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 207 Doresteds with..whitestone heads with whelmers and kneelers over the same of free stone. 1688 Holme Armoury iii. 472/2 A Wall whose Door head, Cap, or Cover is called a Square, or a Cover of Whelmers and Kneelers. |