(esp formerly) a rough-textured woollen cloth used for straining sauces, soups, etc
verbWord forms: -mies, -mying or -mied
2. (transitive)
(esp formerly) to strain (sauce, soup, etc) through a tammy
Word origin
C18: changed (through influence of tammy1) from French tamis, perhaps of Celtic origin; compare Breton tamouez strainer
tamis in American English
(ˈtæmi, -ɪs)
nounWord forms: pluraltamises (ˈtæmiz, -əsɪz)
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer
Also: tammy
Word origin
[1595–1605; ‹ F: sieve ‹ ?; cf. OE temes sieve, c. MLG temes, MD temse, OHG zemisa]This word is first recorded in the period 1595–1605. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Creole, detail, exposure, option, posture
Examples of 'tamis' in a sentence
tamis
Let the sauce reduce to a quart, skim the fat off, and strain it through a tamis cloth.
William Kitchiner The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual (1830). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)