Sentence:  ... the lusty Lasses, and merry Good-wives, who were drest in all their Bravery, in their <WSD>Stammel</WSD> Petticoats, and their gray Cloath-Wastcoats, or white wrought Wastcoats, with black Woolstead, and green Aprons; 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A woolen cloth (used in medieval times to make undergarments).