Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Having a wavy or watered appearance. · Brindled; diversified in color.
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 concrete 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. · A woman, irrespective of age, but often used for a young, attractive woman.
To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).
Mid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic عَتَّابِيّ (ʕattābiyy), ultimately from Arabic الْعَتَّابِيَّة (al-ʕattābiyya), a quarter of Baghdad (named for a Prince عَتَّاب (ʕattāb)) which is associated with the manufacture of a certain type of waved silk. See also taffeta, another type of silk whose name derives from the Persian تافته (tâfta, “woven cloth”) and shares a similar etymological origin.
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- Unspecified derivation mentiontabisfr
- Unspecified derivation mentionعَتَّابِيّar
- Unspecified derivation mentionالْعَتَّابِيَّةar
- Unspecified derivation mentionتافتهfa
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