Obs. [? Altered f. dial. oumer, UMBER sb.1 + STALL sb.1] An outdoor shelter for cattle in warm weather.
1601. Holland, Pliny, XVIII. xxxiii. Drive thy sheepe and cattaile out of the Sunne, into some worme-stall and place of shade.
1613. Markham, Eng. Husb., Former Pt. ii. A 4. The shelter will … be an excellent wormestall for cattell in the summer.
1703. Thoresby, Lett. to Ray, Wormstall, shelter for cattel in hot weather.
