Definitions for jabotʒæˈboʊ, dʒæ-; esp. Brit. ˈʒæb oʊ, ˈdʒæb oʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ja•botʒæˈboʊ, dʒæ-; esp. Brit. ˈʒæb oʊ, ˈdʒæb oʊ(n.)

  1. a decorative ruffle or other gathering of lace or cloth attached at the neckline and extending down the front of a woman's blouse or dress or, formerly, of a man's shirt.

    Category: Clothing

Origin of jabot:

1815–25; < F: lit., bird's crop

Princeton's WordNet

  1. jabot(noun)

    a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt

Wiktionary

  1. jabot(Noun)

    A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.

  2. Origin: From jabot.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jabot(noun)

    originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt

  2. Jabot(noun)

    an arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress


Translations for jabot

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

crop(noun)

(of certain birds) the first stomach, which hangs like a bag from the neck.

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