Stammel

n. [O. Fr. estamet, estamette, a coarse woolen cloth, Sp. estameta, It. stametto, L. Lat. stameta, a kind of cloth, the same as stamine; O. Fr. estame, a woolen stuff, Pr. estam, Sp. estambre, It. stame, from Lat. stamen, a thread. This kind of woolen cloth seems to have been often of a red color. “Concilium Avenionense ann. 1209. Firmiter inhibemus, ne panno de stamine forti, aut alio colorato vel sumptuoso, seu aliquo serico in futurum utantur religiosi.” Ducange. See STAMIN.

1. A kind of fine worsted. Halliwell.
2. A kind of red color, somewhat paler than scarlet, regarded as of inferior quality. B. Jonson.
3. A great, ill-shaped, or clumsy horse. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.