tabinet

or tab·bi·net

[ tab-uh-net ]

noun

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

Words Nearby tabinet

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How to use tabinet in a sentence

That is the widow; that stout woman in crimson tabinet, battling about the odd trick with old Mr. Dumps, at the card-table.'
The Book of Snobs | William Makepeace Thackeray
See over the way, three ladies in ringlets and green tabinet taking their tay preparatory to setting out.
The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh: The Irish Sketch Book | William Makepeace Thackeray

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