a thick-soled Japanese sock with a separate section for the big toe, worn with sandals
tabi in American English
(ˈtɑːbi)
nounWord forms: plural-bi or -bis
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn esp. in Japan, often with zoris
Word origin
[1890–95; ‹ Japn, perh. ‹ MChin, equiv. to Chin dānpí single-skin]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, bootstrap, historicism, masochism, neoclassicism