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English
Noun
strammel (countable and uncountable, plural strammels)
- Alternative spelling of strommel (“straw”)
1815, Sir Walter Scott, chapter XXVIII, in Guy Mannering:Yes, ye are a' altered: you'll eat the goodman’s meat, drink his drink, sleep on the strammel in his barn, and break his house and cut his throat for his pains!
- Alternative spelling of strommel (“hair”)
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Etymology
From English strommel, strummel, strammel (“straw”), from Old French *estramaille (“straw for bedding”), from Latin stramen (“straw for bedding”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread”).
Noun
strammel (plural ~)
- (uncountable) Straw.
- (countable) A rag; a piece of cloth.
- (countable) The tube of a baby's bottle.
References
- “strammel”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 30 January 2017, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.