n. | 1. | The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle. |
| 2. | A tag. See Tag, 2. |
| 3. | A loop for pulling or lifting something. |
| 4. | A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets. |
| 5. | A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border. |
| 6. | a small projecting piece of a file folder, file card, or similar sheet used in a filing system, on which a notation is written to permit convenient search for the folder, card, etc. |
| 7. | a bill or check for some purchase, as in a restaurant; as, the salesman will pick up the tab. |
| 8. | a key on a typewriter or computer keyboard which advances the carriage or curser to the next (preset) tab position; - used especially to type or print text or numbers in columns. |