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tabi

[ tah-bee ]

noun

plural tabi, tabis.
  1. a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.


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Origin of tabi1

1890–95; < Japanese, perhaps < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese »åÄå²Ô±èí single-skin
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Example Sentences

And when the slender high heel was the definition of a feminine shoe, his footwear took inspiration from the traditional Japanese split-toed tabi.

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At one point, only the upper echelons of Japanese society wore them, but eventually, a cotton sock known as a tabi became common among all classes.

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Japanese construction workers don a tabi toe to maneuver on dangerous scaffolding.

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Stupidest Splurge I have these Visvim tabi sneakers that were, like, $1,300.

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It had a shaped foot with a split toe, like a Japanese tabi sock.

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