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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A strong upholstery fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A silk stuff used for upholstery, distinguished by alternate stripes of watered and satin surface, generally in different colors. It resembles tabbinet, but is superior to it.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A stout silk having satin stripes, -- used for furniture.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A strong fabric consisting of stripes of silk and satin.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably from tabby.]

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