stammel

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: stam=mel

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stammel, n. 

 A large, clumsy horse.  Wright.  [1913 Webster]

stammel, 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.].

•  A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color.  [1913 Webster]
•  A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]

stammel, a. 

 Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.  [1913 Webster]