Definition of Tabis

1. Noun. A sock with a separation for the big toe; worn with thong sandals by the Japanese.

Exact synonyms: Tabi
Generic synonyms: Sock

Definition of Tabis

1. tabi [n] - See also: tabi

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tabis

tabetic dissociation
tabetic neurosyphilis
tabetics
tabetiform
tabi
tabic
tabid
tabifical
tabification
tabified
tabifies
tabify
tabifying
tabinet
tabinets
tabis (current term)
tabiya
tabiyas
tabla
tablas
tablature
tablatures
table
table-cloth
table-hop
table-hopper
table-mountain pine
table-tennis bat
table-tennis racquet
table-tennis table

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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