† ˈmawmer, -ar Sc. Obs.
[Cf. Du. mammiering ‘scupper-hose’.]
The discharge pipe of a ship's pump. Also attrib. in mawmer-leather.
| 1497 Acc. Ld. Treas. Scotl. (1877) I. 379 Item for ane mawmar to the pomp of Lord Kennydyis schip. 1512 Ibid. (1902) IV. 455 Item for mawmer ledderis for the greit schip. Ibid. 456 Item to the plummair for vi mawmeris to the litill bark callit the Gabriell. |