Tabby vs. Sokoke

Tabbynoun

A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.

Tabbynoun

(uncountable) A 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.

Tabbynoun

(countable) A brindled cat.

Tabbynoun

An old maid or gossip.

Tabbyadjective

Having a wavy or watered appearance

Tabbyadjective

Brindled; diversified in color

Tabbyverb

(transitive) To give a wavy or watered appearance to (a textile).

Tabbynoun

A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.

Tabbynoun

A 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.

Tabbynoun

A brindled cat; hence, popularly, any cat.

Tabbynoun

An old maid or gossip.

Tabbyadjective

Having a wavy or watered appearance; as, a tabby waistcoat.

Tabbyadjective

Brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.

Tabbyverb

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

Tabbynoun

a cat with a gray or tawny coat mottled with black

Tabbynoun

female cat

Tabbyadjective

having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats

Sokoke

The Sokoke (or Sokoke Forest Cat in long form, and formerly the African Shorthair) is natural breed of domestic cat, developed and standardised, beginning in the late 1970s, from the feral khadzonzo landrace of eastern, coastal Kenya. The Sokoke is recognized by four major cat pedigree registry organizations as a standardised cat breed.