Definition of tabby

adjective (a)

• Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black (noun.animal)

  Synonym: tabby cat
  

  source: wordnet30
• female cat (noun.animal)

  Synonym: queen
  

  source: wordnet30
• A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering. (noun)

  source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

• having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats (adj.all)

  Synonym: brinded, brindle, brindled
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• To water; to cause to look wavy, by the process of calendering; to calender; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, etc. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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