tammy
See also: Tammy
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
tammy (countable and uncountable, plural tammies)
- A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
Etymology 2 edit
From French tamis, assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
Noun edit
tammy (plural tammies)
Verb edit
tammy (third-person singular simple present tammies, present participle tammying, simple past and past participle tammied)
- (cooking, transitive) To strain through a tammy.
Etymology 3 edit
Short for tammy shanter.
Noun edit
tammy (plural tammies)
- A tam o’shanter hat.