tabby

N แมว ลาย สีน้ำตาล หรือ สีเทา  mao-lai-se-nam-tan-rue-se-tao

TABBY

a.[See the Noun. ] Brinded; brindled; diversified in color; as a tabby cat.

TABBY

n. 1. A kind of waved silk, usually watered. It is manufactured like taffeta, but is thick and stronger. The watering is given to it by the calendar.
2. A mixture of stone of shells and mortar, which becomes hard as a rock; used in Morocco.

TABBY

v.t.To water or cause to look wavy; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribin, etc. This is done by a calendar without water.

TABBYING

n.The passing of stuffs under a calendar to give them a wavy appearance.

tabby

tab by |ˈtabē ˈtæbi | ▶noun ( pl. tabbies ) 1 (also tabby cat ) a cat whose fur is mottled or streaked with dark stripes. [late 17th cent. (as tabby cat ): said to be so named from its striped coloring. ] • informal any domestic cat. 2 a fabric with a watered pattern, typically silk. 3 a plain weave. 4 a type of concrete made of lime, shells, gravel, and stones that dries very hard. [early 19th cent. (originally tabby work ): perhaps a different word, or from a resemblance in color to that of a tabby cat. ] ▶adjective (of a cat ) gray or brownish in color and streaked with dark stripes. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a kind of silk taffeta, originally striped, later with a watered finish: sense 2 of the noun ): from French tabis, based on Arabic al- ῾Attābiyya, the name of the quarter of Baghdad where tabby was manufactured.

tabby

tabby |ˈtabi | ▶noun ( pl. tabbies ) 1 (also tabby cat ) a grey or brownish cat mottled or streaked with dark stripes. 2 [ mass noun ] a fabric with a watered pattern, typically silk. 3 [ mass noun ] a plain weave. 4 [ mass noun ] a type of concrete made of lime, shells, gravel, and stones, which dries very hard. [early 19th cent. (originally tabby work ): perhaps a different word, or from a resemblance in colour to that of a tabby cat. ] 5 a small moth with dark wavy markings on the forewings. ●Genus Aglossa (family Pyralidae ), often found in barns and warehouses, and genus Epizeuxis (family Noctuidae ). ▶adjective (of a cat ) grey or brownish in colour and streaked with dark stripes. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a kind of silk taffeta, originally striped, later with a watered finish: see sense 2 of the noun ): from French tabis, based on Arabic al- ‘Attābiyya, the name of the quarter of Baghdad where tabby was manufactured.

tabby

tab by /tǽbi /名詞 複 -bies 1 C ぶちネコ, トラネコ (tabby cat ).2 C (特に雌の )飼い猫 .3 U (平織りの )織物 ; タビー織 〘波紋のある絹織物 〙.