gib-cat en · NOUN
Etymology
From gib + cat.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A male cat, especially an old or castrated one.
I am as Melancholly as a Gyb-Cat, or a lugg'd Beare.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 49, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gib-cats | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| gib cat | alternative | lexicographic |