Definition

1. Noun:
   • A plain-woven, often glazed fabric: A type of fabric, typically made from wool or a wool-cotton blend, historically used for linings, garments, and curtains.
   • A woolen cap of Scottish origin: A soft, round, traditional Scottish cap, often with a pom-pom on top.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Fabric):
  • The old curtains were made from a durable red tammy.
  • She chose a fine tammy for the lining of her winter coat.
• Noun (Cap):
  • He wore a traditional tammy to the Highland games.
  • The tammy is often associated with Scottish regiments.

Advanced Usage

• Historical/Archaic Usage: The term "tammy" for fabric is now largely historical or specialized. It is most commonly encountered in texts describing historical clothing, furnishings, or textiles.
  • The inventory listed "ten yards of tammy for linings."

Variants and Related Words

• Tam-o'-shanter (noun): This is the more common and full name for the Scottish cap. "Tammy" is often a shortened, informal form of "tam-o'-shanter."
  • He tipped his tam-o'-shanter in greeting.
• Tam (noun): A further shortened, casual form of "tammy" or "tam-o'-shanter."
  • She pulled her tam down over her ears.

Synonyms

• For the fabric: Woolen fabric, plain weave, lining fabric (historical context).
• For the cap: Tam-o'-shanter, beret, bonnet, cap.

Related Phrases

• In the phrase "tammy cloth": Used to specify the fabric, distinguishing it from the cap.
  • The costume required authentic tammy cloth.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms specifically using the word "tammy." The word itself is a specific noun for an item of clothing or a type of fabric.

Noun

1. a woolen cap of Scottish origin
2. plain-woven (often glazed) fabric of wool or wool and cotton used especially formerly for linings and garments and curtains