stammel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a coarse woolen cloth formerly used for undergarments and usually dyed bright red

WordNet

Stam"mel noun
Definitions
  1. A large, clumsy horse. Prov. Eng. Wright.
Stam"mel noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.
Stam"mel adjective
Definitions
  1. Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.

Webster 1913