tammy

Meanings

Noun

• A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc.
• Alternative of tamis
• A tam o’shanter hat.

Verb

• To strain through a tammy.

Origin

• Origin uncertain; compare obsolete French tamise (but if there was borrowing, it is unclear in which direction).
• From French tamis, assimilated to Etymology 1, above.