tabi

[ tah-bee ]

/ ˈtɑ bi /

a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.

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1890–95; < Japanese, perhaps < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese dānpí single-skin

There is first put on a short stocking, or tabi, which reaches a little above the ankle and fastens in the back.
Oriental Women|Edward Bagby Pollard
I discarded boots and walked with my skirts up to my knees, bare legs and Japanese tabi, as did J—— and C——.
A Journal from Japan|Marie Carmichael Stopes
I am taking a set of cotton kimonas to China so as to have them to wear in my room with the tabi on hot days.
Letters from China and Japan|John Dewey
The population is divided into two clans—the Bule and the Tabi.
Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific|Felix Speiser

From Tabi the distance to the ruins of Labna is some twelve miles.
The American Egypt|Channing Arnold