strommel

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/ˈstɹɒməl/

noun

Straw.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:strommel.”

OriginOld French *estramaille ← Latin stramen ← Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- →
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Meanings

nounstrommel (uncountable)

alternative strammel · alternative strummel

  1. UKobsoleteuncountablethieves' cantStraw.

    My doxy I have by the Salomon a doxy, that carries a kinchin mort in her slat at her backe, besides my dell and my dainty wild del, with all whom I'le tumble this next darkmans in the strommel, and drinke ben bause, and eate a fat gruntling cheate, a cackling cheae, and a quacking cheate.

    1611, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Dekker, The Roaring Girle, Tudor Facsimile Texts, published 1914
  2. UKobsoleteuncountablethieves' cantHair.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:strommel.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-“to spread”
  2. Latinstramen“straw for bedding”
  3. Old French*estramaille“straw for bedding”
  4. Englishstrommel

From Old French *estramaille (“straw for bedding”), from Latin stramen (“straw for bedding”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with strommel

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Cite this entry
APA

strommel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strommel

MLA

“strommel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strommel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strommel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strommel.

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