Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913 Stammel /(stăm"mĕl)/ · Stam·mel · IPA n. n. a. 01 n. A large, clumsy horse. 1. A large, clumsy horse.[Prov. Eng.] 02 n. A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color. 1. A kind of woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color.[Obs.] 2. A red dye, used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries. 03 a. Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet. 1. Of the color of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.