tabinet
noun
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
tabbinet
-
a variation of
tabinet.
Example Sentences
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Without violating their confidence, however, we may say that the estate paid its way, kept them in silk stockings, and gave them new tabbinet dresses once in three years.
From Tales from Many Sources Vol. V by Various
First, there were the Misses Limpenny, in black tabbinet dresses and lace shawls; a cameo brooch adorned the throat of each, and from her waist a reticule depended.
From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
A blush-white satting and gold, and a kinary colored tabbinet imbridered in silver: which should I wear on the hospicious day?
From Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray
