stamin

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noun

A kind of coarse woollen cloth from England.

OriginOld French estamine ← Medieval Latin stāminea ← Latin stāmineus →
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Meanings

noun

alternative stamine

  1. obsoleteA kind of coarse woollen cloth from England.

Origin

  1. Latinstāmineus“trimmed with thread”
  2. Medieval Latinstāminea“kind of woollen cloth”
  3. Old Frenchestamine
  4. Englishstamin

From Old French estamine (modern French étamine), from Medieval Latin stāminea (“kind of woollen cloth”), from Latin stāmineus (“trimmed with thread”), from stāmen (“warp (of a loom)”).

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APA

stamin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stamin

MLA

“stamin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stamin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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