ˈstrammel Obs. exc. dial.
Also stramel.
[Of obscure origin: cf. dial. scrammel in the same sense, also strummel.]
‘A lean, gaunt, ill-favoured person or animal’ (Miss Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk.).
| 1706 E. Ward Hud. Rediv. I. xii. 19 Strutting about on hide-bound Strammel, Mounted like Turk upon a Camel. 1711 ― Quix. I. 28 When thus he had prepar'd his Stramel, Tall as an Elephant or Camel. 1879 in Miss Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. art. Scrammel, Shammel, A great strammel of a pig. |