jabot
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9.9
- noun
- /ʒæˈboʊ/
- Archaic
- She wore a beautiful blouse that featured a delicate jabot made of lace.
- lace jabot
Examples
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My designer has gone bonkers about jabots and chintz.
Fiction book (1990) -
The costume designer chose a historical outfit complete with an elegant jabot for the drama.
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John Jabot
Blog text (31) -
"A slow, fierce blush burned its way up from the lacy jabot."
Fiction book (1991) -
"I think this one belongs to the local squire's son," he said, flipping the lacy jabot.
Fiction book (1991) -
Jabots and chintz, jabots and chintz everywhere, everywhere!
Fiction book (1990) -
With their velvet doublets and scarlet waistcoats, Their lace, cuffs and jabots.
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"You couldna... cover it up a bit at the top?" He waved a large hand vaguely in the direction of his own lace jabot, secured with a ruby stickpin.
Fiction book (1992) -
Adam, never one to miss such an opportunity to display his Scottish heritage, wore the red tartan kilt of the Sinclairs with panache, a froth of lace jabot showing at the throat of a doublet that had been his father's.
Fiction book (1991) -
At the formal event, many men wore shirts adorned with jabots that added a touch of sophistication.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jabot comes from the French word jabot, which once meant the 'crop' or 'throat pouch' of a bird. A ruffle that hangs at the front of a shirt looked like that pouch, so the word came to mean a decorative frill.