tabinet

or tab·bi·net

[ tab-uh-net ]

noun

1. a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabinet¹

1770–80; obsolete tabine (perhaps tabb(y) ¹ + -ine ² ) + -et

Example Sentences

That is the widow; that stout woman in crimson tabinet, battling about the odd trick with old Mr. Dumps, at the card-table.'

From Project Gutenberg

See over the way, three ladies in ringlets and green tabinet taking their tay preparatory to setting out.

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