noun
- the border on a garment or piece of cloth, usually made by folding the edge and sewing it down
- any border, edge, or margin
Origin:
ME < OE, akin to MLowG ham, enclosed piece of land < IE base *kem-, to compress, impede > hamper
transitive verb hemmed, hemming
to fold back the edge of and sew down; put a hem or hems on