tabaret

[ tab-uh-rit ]

noun

1. a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
2. tambour ( def 3 ).

tabaret

/ ˈtæbərɪt /

noun

1. a hard-wearing fabric of silk or similar cloth with stripes of satin or moire, used esp for upholstery

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabaret¹

First recorded in 1850–55; perhaps akin to tabby ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabaret¹

C19: perhaps from tabby ¹

Example Sentences

Tabaret, tab′a-ret, n. an upholsterer's silk stuff, with alternate stripes of watered and satin surface.

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Rev. Father Tabaret, principal of the Ottawa University, Canada, died suddenly Feb. 28, immediately after having said grace, while dining with the faculty.

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At the same time the membra disjecta of afternoon tea which remained upon the teak tabaret, together with the still smoking butt of an Egyptian cigarette distilling its incense in a steadily perpendicular gray column toward the ceiling from a jade jar used as an ash receiver, showed that for one of them at least the situation had admitted of physical amelioration.

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Lettice withdrew her hand quickly, and, when her wraps were removed, allowed herself to be perched on a tabaret, where her mother said she was safe from harming or being harmed.

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Stopped by a thought, she indicated an ebony cigarette outfit that topped a tabaret near his chair.

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