stammel
/ (ˈstæməl) /
noun
a coarse woollen cloth in former use for undergarments, etc, and usually dyed red
the bright red colour of this cloth
Word Origin for stammel
C16: from Old French
estamin, from Latin
stāmineus made of threads, from
stāmen a thread; see
stamen
Words nearby stammel
staminiferous,
staminode,
staminodium,
staminody,
stamitz,
stammel,
stammer,
stammrel,
stamnos,
stamp,
stamp act
Example sentences from the Web for stammel
His table with stammel, or some other carpet was neatly covered .
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony |George Francis DowIn summer, a scarlet petticoat made of stammel or linsey-woolsey .
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony |George Francis DowI presented him in return with two vests of stammel cloth, two firelocks, two bottles of brandy, and a knife.
Stammel, stam′el, n. a kind of woollen cloth, dull red in colour: red colour.