[F. for tabaquière, f. tabac TOBACCO (Hatz.-Darm.).] A snuff-box. (Rare in Eng. use.)
1823. Scott, Quentin D., Introd. The marquis was somewhat disconcerted, and had recourse to his tabatière.
1841. Lady Blessington, Idler in France, I. xi. 253. A pinch of snuff from the tabatière of the Marquise de Rambouillet.
