Obs. rare. App. an alteration of STAMMEL, on analogy of tamin for stamin.
1616. Trial C’tess Somerset, in Relat. Poysoning Sir T. Overbury (1651), 106. The Prisoner … being attired in black Tammel, a Cyprus Caperoon, a Cobweb Lawn Ruff and Cuffs.
1668. Flemings in Oxford, 9 April (O. H. S.), I. 437. Paid unto Dr Smith which my Lady had disbursed for Tammell for my wife or 01 05 00.
