rammel

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/ˈɹæməl/

noun

Refuse matter.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nounrammel (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableRefuse matter.
    1 more example

    And becauſe he vvould not miſſe, but lay faſt holde upon all the bootie and pillage vvhich poſſibly hee could come by, even from thence alſo, having promiſed free leave to caſt forth dead karkaſſes and rid away the rammell of the ruines; looke vvhat reliques remained of all their goods and ſubſtance unburnt, he permitted not one to goe unto it.

    1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Nero Claudius Cæsar”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, pages 199–200
verb
  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo turn to rubbish.

Origin

  1. Latinramus“a branch”
  2. Englishrammel

From Latin ramus (“a branch”).

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rammel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rammel.

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