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Definition of Tabis
1. Noun. A sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese.
Definition of Tabis
1. tabi [n] - See also: tabi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tabis
Literary usage of Tabis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"Promontory of tabis. ... which is the general term for a mountain, was applied
to the pretended promon'ory of tabis, considered as terminating on the ..."
2. Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615 by Richard Cocks, Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1883)
"... fanne to his eldest doughter, with a pere tabis and stringes; with an other
... tabis and stringes ; with the lyke to Mr. Eatons and Mr. Sayers women; ..."
3. Diary of Richard Cocks, Cape-merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615 by Richard Cocks, Edward Maunde Thompson (1883)
"And to Jno. Portus, Robert Hawley, and Jno. Cooke, cache of them a peare of lether
buskins; and to each of their women a peare tabis and stringes, ..."
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