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thibet

thibet is the alternative form of tibet.

Meaning of tibet

Noun

tibet (plural tibets)

  1. (archaic) A woolen fabric generally printed in colours; a heavy fabric used for the same purposes as furs, made of goat hair, black and finely curled.
    • The chief demand in men's-wear fabrics is for combed and milled fabrics such as worsteds, kerseys, tibets, meltons, etc.1920, Special Agents Series, number 194, page 59

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Proper noun capitalized: Thibet

Thibet

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete form of Tibet.
    • […] the first essential move was being made in a design so vast and far-reaching that the whole future course of civilization might well hang on its issue. So might one disclose a tiny rill in the uplands of Thibet—and thousands of miles away the muddy yellow waters of the surging Whang Ho...1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Forms of thibet

pluralthibets

Words formed from thibet

Phrases with thibet

Questions about thibet

What is thibet the alternative form of?
Thibet is the alternative form of tibet.
What part of speech is thibet?
Thibet is a proper noun.

Words near thibet in the dictionary

  1. Thibeaux
  2. Thibeauxes
  3. Thibedeau
  4. Thibert
  5. Thiberts
  6. thibet
  7. Thibet cloth
  8. Thibet cloths
  9. Thibetan
  10. Thibetans
  11. Thibetian

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