Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tabby
Tabby
tabby
n. (pl. -ies) 1 (in full tabby cat) a a grey or brownish cat mottled or streaked with dark stripes. b any domestic cat, esp. female. 2 a kind of watered silk. 3 a plain weave. Etymology: F tabis (in sense 2) f. Arab. al-' attabiya the quarter of Baghdad where tabby was manufactured: connection of other senses uncert.
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I. noun (plural tabbies) Etymology: French tabis, from Middle French atabis, from Medieval Latin attabi, from Arabic ‘attābī, from Al-‘Attābīya, quarter in Baghdad Date: 1638 1. a plain silk taffeta especially with moiré finish, a plain-woven fabric, 2. ~ (II)] a domestic cat with a striped and mottled coat, a domestic cat, II. adjective Date: 1640 of, relating to, or made of ~ , striped and mottled with darker color ; brindled , III. noun Etymology: Gullah tabi, ultimately from Spanish tapia adobe wall Date: 1775 a cement made of lime, sand or gravel, and oyster shells and used chiefly along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina in the 17th and 18th centuries ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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