TABBY

I. noun (plural tabbies) Etymology: French tabis, from Middle French atabis, from Medieval Latin attabi, from Arabic ‘attābī, from Al-‘Attābīya, quarter in Baghdad Date: 1638 1. a plain silk taffeta especially with moiré finish, a plain-woven fabric, 2. \~ (II)] a domestic cat with a striped and mottled coat, a domestic cat, II. adjective Date: 1640 of, relating to, or made of ~ , striped and mottled with darker color ; brindled , III. noun Etymology: Gullah tabi, ultimately from Spanish tapia adobe wall Date: 1775 a cement made of lime, sand or gravel, and oyster shells and used chiefly along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina in the 17th and 18th centuries