[Japanese.] Cotton stockings having the toes separate, worn by Japanese women.
1895. Clive Holland, Jap. Wife, 18. The curious tabi of white cotton, shoes and stockings all in one, with separated toes.
1902. Daily Chron., 22 Nov., 3/2. When the whole people celebrate the rites of Shintoism … men and boys exchange their customary black foot-gear for the white tabi of women.
