What does "stammel" mean?

Stammel: A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color. [Obs.]

Additional senses

  1. 2.A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries. B. Jonson.
  2. 3.Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.

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