estamin (estamin)

[OF. estamin, estamine, F. étamine, bolting-cloth: see etamine, tamin, taminy, tammy, stamin.] A woolen stuff made in Pru ia, used for cartridges, sackcloth, plush caps, etc.; tammy. Simmonds. estaminet (es-ta-me-nā'), n. [F., of unknown origin.] A cheap coffee-house where smoking is allowed; a tap-room. Frequenters of billiard-rooms and estaminets , patrons of foreign races and gaming-tables. Thackeray . We scrambled ashore and entered an estaminet where some sorry fellows were drinking with the landlord. R. L. Stevens on, Inland Voyage, p. 31.