Tabby
11Tabby — El gato Tabby (también llamado gato barcino en España, y en Hispanoamérica como gato atigrado) es un gato con un distintivo pelaje de rayas características y puntos. Los tabbies a menudo son erróneamente confundidos con una raza de gato. De hecho …
12tabby — 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… …
13tabby — 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 …
14tabby — [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… …
15tabby — UK [ˈtæbɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms tabby : singular tabby plural tabbies a cat with fur that has bands of different colours, usually grey or brown and orange Derived word: tabby UK / US adjective …
16tabby — [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… …
17tabby — 1. noun /ˈtæb.i/ a) A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. b) A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions,… …
18tabby — tab|by [ˈtæbi] n plural tabbies [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: tabby type of striped cloth (16 19 centuries), from French tabis, from Medieval Latin attabi, from Arabic, from Al Attabiya part of Baghdad where the cloth was originally made] a cat with… …
19tabby — [[t]tæ̱bi[/t]] tabbies N COUNT A tabby or a tabby cat is a cat whose fur has dark stripes on a lighter background …
20tabby — noun (plural tabbies) 1》 a grey or brownish cat mottled or streaked with dark stripes. 2》 silk or other fabric with a watered pattern. 3》 a plain weave. 4》 concrete made of lime, shells, gravel, and stones, which dries very hard. Word History… …
