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🥩 A beef cut or pasta 🦺 A chest cloth
bavette

bavette

9.9
A small cloth worn over the chest to protect clothes while eating or working
  • noun
translation icon : babero
  • The chef wore a clean bavette to keep his uniform spotless while preparing food.

Examples

  • Workers in the bakery use a bavette to protect their clothes from flour and dough.

  • She tied a waterproof bavette around the toddler's neck before feeding him in the high chair.

  • She wore a bavette while painting.

  • The chef tied his bavette securely.

  • The chef wore a clean bavette to keep his uniform spotless while preparing food.

  • She tied a waterproof bavette around the toddler's neck before feeding him in the high chair.

  • Workers in the bakery use a bavette to protect their clothes from flour and dough.

Synonyms

bib
vsbavette
25 1.0

A cloth or plastic piece worn over the chest to keep clothes clean while eating

is used similarly but also covers protection during work tasks

Surface Forms

bavette singular
bavettes plural

Etymology

Bavette comes from French bavette, meaning a small 'apron' or 'bib'. So a bavette today is a small cloth you tie over your chest to protect your clothes while you eat or work, just like a tiny apron or bib.