Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stiff flaring collar wired to stand up at the back of the head, worn by men and women in the 1500s and early 1600s.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
rabato .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
rabato .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
rabato .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Obsolete French rebateau, alteration of French rabat, from Old French, from rabattre, to turn down again, reduce; see rebate.]
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Examples
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In the same play we find Margaret objecting to her mistress's wearing a certain rebato (_a large plaited ruff_), on the morning of her wedding: may not this be intended to relate to the fact that Margaret had dressed in her mistress's clothes the night before?
A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare George MacDonald 1864
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Mar. Troth I thinke your other rebato were better.
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