- a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
- a domestic cat, especially a female one.
- a spinster.
- a spiteful female gossip or tattler.
- plain weave.
- a watered silk fabric, or any other watered material, as moreen.
- striped or brindled.
- made of or resembling tabby.
- to give a wavy or watered appearance to, as silk.
- (in the southeastern United States) a building material composed of ground oyster shells, lime, and sand, mixed with salt water.
- a fabric with a watered pattern, esp silk or taffeta
- (esp of cats) brindled with dark stripes or wavy markings on a lighter background
- having a wavy or striped pattern, particularly in colours of grey and brown
- a tabby cat
- any female domestic cat
- a gossiping old woman
- any girl or woman
