stammel

British  

/ ˈstæməl /

noun

1. a coarse woollen cloth in former use for undergarments, etc, and usually dyed red

2. the bright red colour of this cloth

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Etymology

Origin of stammel

C16: from Old French estamin , from Latin stāmineus made of threads, from stāmen a thread; see _stamen

Example Sentences

In the middle of every band there were three horses very richly caparisoned, their saddles being covered by costly furs, or velvet, or stammel broad-cloths.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

But the wench in the stammel waistcoat is stopping too, Adam—by heaven, they are going to dance!

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir

Wilt have a pair of shoes or a head-lace or a fine stammel waistband or what thou wilt?'

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

They laid aside two pieces of broad cloth, one black and the other stammel, the best they could find, for which they offered seven tayes the yard.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Stammel, stam′el, n. a kind of woollen cloth, dull red in colour: red colour.—adj. made of stammel, or like it in colour.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various