gib-cat

English

Alternative forms

• gib cat

Etymology

From gib +‎ cat.

Noun

gib-cat (plural gib-cats)

1. (obsolete) A male cat, especially an old or castrated one.
   • 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:

     I am as Melancholly as a Gyb-Cat, or a lugg'd Beare.

Synonyms

• gib, tomcat

Anagrams

• big cat