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Tabby cat — For other uses, see Tabby (disambiguation). Common mackerel tabby, with the classic M on forehead, and striped pattern A tabby is any cat that has a distinctive coat that features stripes, dots, lines or swirling patterns, usually together with… … Wikipedia
tabby — (n.) 1630s, striped silk taffeta, from Fr. tabis a rich, watered silk (originally striped), from M.Fr. atabis (14c.), from Arabic attabiya, from Attabiy, a neighborhood of Baghdad where such cloth was first made, named for prince Attab of the… … Etymology dictionary
tabby — ► NOUN (pl. tabbies) 1) a grey or brownish cat with dark stripes. 2) silk or other fabric with a watered pattern. ORIGIN originally referring to a striped silk taffeta: from French tabis, from the Arabic name of a part of Baghdad where it was… … English terms dictionary
tabby — tabby1 /tab ee/, n., pl. tabbies, adj., v., tabbied, tabbying. n. 1. a cat with a striped or brindled coat. 2. a domestic cat, esp. a female one. 3. a spinster. 4. a spiteful female gossip or tattler. 5. See plain weave … Universalium
tabby — 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. archaic a plain silk taffeta especially with moiré finish b. a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
tabby cat — noun a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black • Syn: ↑tabby • Hypernyms: ↑domestic cat, ↑house cat, ↑Felis domesticus, ↑Felis catus * * * tabby cat noun 1 … Useful english dictionary
tabby — [17] By a bizarre series of etymological twists and turns, the tabby cat commemorates a textile manufacturing suburb of Baghdad. This was al ‘Attābīya, named after Prince Attāb, who lived there. The cloth made there was known as ‘attābī, and the… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
tabby — [17] By a bizarre series of etymological twists and turns, the tabby cat commemorates a textile manufacturing suburb of Baghdad. This was al ‘Attābīya, named after Prince Attāb, who lived there. The cloth made there was known as ‘attābī, and the… … Word origins
tabby — tab•by [[t]ˈtæb i[/t]] n. pl. bies, 1) dch a cat with a striped or brindled coat 2) dch a domestic cat, esp. a female one 3) a watered silk or taffeta 4) striped or brindled 5) tex made of or resembling tabby 6) tex to give a wavy or watered… … From formal English to slang
tabby — /ˈtæbi / (say tabee) noun (plural tabbies) 1. a cat with a striped or brindled coat. 2. a female cat. 3. Colloquial an old maid; a spinster. 4. Colloquial (dated) a woman, especially a girlfriend or sweetheart. 5. Colloquial any spiteful female… …
