tabinet

tab·i·net

[tab-uh-net]
noun
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
Also, tabbinet.


Origin:
1770–80; obsolete tabine (perhaps tabb(y)1 + -ine2) + -et

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