tibet

noun1

1. •
   (no longer used) A woolen fabric generally printed in colours; a heavy fabric used for the same purposes as furs, made of goat hair, black and finely curled.

   • The chief demand in men's-wear fabrics is for combed and milled fabrics such as worsteds, kerseys, tibets, meltons, etc. — 1920

noun3

1. •
   A geographic region in Central Asia (mostly in China), the homeland of the Tibetan people, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau.
2. •
   An autonomous region of China. Official name: Tibet Autonomous Region. Capital: Lhasa.
3. •
   (historical) A former country in East Asia that existed from 1912 until its annexation by China in 1951.

   • The estimated population of the Chinese Empire (exclusive of Tibet) is given, on the basis of this census, as 329,542,000, while the population of Tibet is estimated at 1,500,000. — 1922