stammel
stammel noun: a woolen cloth (used in medieval times to make undergarments).
Noun
stammel (usually uncountable, plural stammels)
- A woolen cloth (used in medieval times to make undergarments).
- […] booted he was after Saincte Benettes guise, and a blacke Stamell robe, with a lothlie monsterous hoode hanging backward […]1564, William Bullein, A Dialogue Bothe Pleasaunte and Pietifull, London, page 11
- Our great men
Like to a Masse of clowds that now seeme like
An Elephant, and straight wayes like an Oxe
And then a Mouse, or like those changeable creatures
That liue in the Burdello, now in Satten
Tomorrow next in Stammell.1606, George Chapman, Monsieur D’Olive, London: William Holmes, act II, scene 1
- A bright red colour, like that of the stammel cloth.
- A large, clumsy horse.
- A vigorous girl.
Adjective
stammel (not comparable)
- Of a bright red colour, like that of the stammel cloth.
- The Violet’s purple, the sweet Rose’s stammell,1611, “The Third Daie of the First Week”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas his Deuine Weekes, London
Forms of stammel
| plural | stammels |
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Origin of stammel
Old French estamel
Questions about stammel
- What does stammel mean?
- Stammel means a woolen cloth (used in medieval times to make undergarments).
- What part of speech is stammel?
- Stammel can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of stammel?
- The plural of stammel is stammels.
Words near stammel in the dictionary
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