stammel

noun

a coarse woollen cloth in former use for undergarments, etc, and usually dyed red
the bright red colour of this cloth

Word Origin

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

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Examples from the Web for stammel

Historical Examples

His table with stammel, or some other carpet was neatly covered .
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
George Francis Dow
I presented him in return with two vests of stammel cloth, two firelocks, two bottles of brandy, and a knife.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume IX.
Robert Kerr
In summer, a scarlet petticoat made of stammel or linsey-woolsey .
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
George Francis Dow
Stammel, stam′el, n. a kind of woollen cloth, dull red in colour: red colour.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)
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stammel

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for stammel

Historical Examples

His table with stammel, or some other carpet was neatly covered .

I presented him in return with two vests of stammel cloth, two firelocks, two bottles of brandy, and a knife.

In summer, a scarlet petticoat made of stammel or linsey-woolsey .

Stammel, stam′el, n. a kind of woollen cloth, dull red in colour: red colour.