The Collaborative International Dictionary
stamine
Stamin \Sta"min\ (st[=a]"m[i^]n), n. [OF. estamine, F. ['e]tamine, LL. staminea, stamineum, fr. L. stamineus consisting of threads, fr. stamen a thread. See Stamen, and cf. Stamineous, 2d Stammel, Tamine.] A kind of woolen cloth. [Written also stamine.] [Obs.]