Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stammel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stammel \Stam"mel\, n.
A large, clumsy horse. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stammel \Stam"mel\, n. [OF. estamel; cf. OF. estamet a coarse
woolen cloth, LL. stameta a kind of cloth, the same as
staminea, and OF. estame a woolen stuff. See {Stamin}.]
1. A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have
been often of a red color. [Obs.]
2. A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries.
--B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stammel \Stam"mel\, a.
Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior
to scarlet.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stammel
n : a coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and
usually dyed bright red
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