Meaning of TABBY in English

A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.

Use in sentences of TABBY

A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or stones, in equal proportions, with an equal proportion of water. When dry, this becomes as hard as rock.
A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.
An old maid or gossip.
Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.
Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.
To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc.