tammy
n. C / U C2 Proficiency US //ˈtæmi// UK //tˈæmi// tam·my
n. a type of thick cloth used in the past for making clothes or for filtering liquids in a kitchen.
n. a glazed or plain-woven fabric, typically made of wool or a wool-cotton blend, historically used for garments or as a strainer in culinary contexts.
The chef used a tammy to strain the sauce until it was smooth.
In the traditional kitchen, a tammy cloth was essential for removing every lump from a delicate fruit jelly.
The historical costume was reconstructed using authentic tammy to replicate the specific weight and sheen of eighteenth-century working-class waistcoats.
A diminutive of Tamsin and Tamara, later also used for new names beginning with Tam such as Tamika and Tamiya.