strammel

== English == === Noun === strammel (countable and uncountable, plural strammels) Alternative spelling of strommel (“straw”). Alternative spelling of strommel (“hair”). ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:strommel. === Anagrams === Lammerts, Trammels, trammels == Scots == === Alternative forms === strummel, strummle === 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[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.