Толковый словарь английского языка - tabby
Tabby
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 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
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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. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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