tattersall
- a pattern of squares formed by colored crossbars on a solid-color, usually light background.
- a fabric with this pattern.
- having this pattern or made of such fabric: a tattersall vest.
Origin of tattersall
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Historical Examples of tattersall
The Turf Club would not have him; he durst not show at Tattersall's.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2)Charles James Lever
On my honour I brought it you,—just as I took it at Tattersall's.
Sir Harry Hotspur of HumblethwaiteAnthony Trollope
It was said, in Kildare Street, that no one at Tattersall's could beat him at a book.
The Kellys and the O'KellysAnthony Trollope
The servants were gone, and the horses were advertised at Tattersall's already.
RavenshoeHenry Kingsley
So it is; but it is true, as true as Tattersall's—as true as Circassia or Virginia.
The NewcomesWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
tattersall
- a fabric, sometimes brightly coloured, having stripes or bars in a checked or squared pattern
- (as modifier)a tattersall coat
Word Origin for tattersall
Word Origin and History for tattersall
fabric with small and even check pattern, 1891, so called because it was similar to the traditional design of horse blankets, in reference to Tattersall's, a famous London horse market and gambler's rendezvous, founded 1766 by Richard Tattersall (1724-95). The surname is from the place in Lincolnshire.