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.

Origin of tabinet

1
1770–80; obsolete tabine (perhaps tabb(y)1 + -ine2) + -et

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How to use tabinet in a sentence

  • A blush-white satting and gold, and a kinary colored tabbinet imbridered in silver: which should I wear on the hospicious day?

    Burlesques | William Makepeace Thackeray