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• stamin
  stamin

  noun

  a coarse woolen fabric, used in the manufacture of garments.
• stamin-
  stamin-

  variant of stamini- before a vowel.

stamin

¹ American  

[stam-in] / ˈstæm ɪn /

noun

1. a coarse woolen fabric, used in the manufacture of garments.

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stamin- ² American  

1. variant of stamini- before a vowel.

   staminate.

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Etymology

Origin of stamin

1175–1225; Middle English < Middle French estamine ≪ Latin stāminea, feminine of stāmineus consisting of threads, equivalent to stāmin- ( see stamen) + -eus -eous

Example Sentences

Also in weringe of heyres or of stamin, or of haubergeons on hir naked flesh, for Cristes sake, and swiche manere penances.

From The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 by Gardner, Edmund Garratt

Finally, the peasant learns to look with horror upon an old woman, Perrine Martin, who wanders around, clad in grey, her face covered—as is that of Gilles de Sillé—with a black stamin.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene