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rabato, rebato
(noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century
rabato, rebato
(noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rabato (plural rabatos or rabatoes)
Stiff collar, wired or starched, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes used as a support for the ruff.
• Tabora, abator, robata
Source: Wiktionary
Ra*ba"to (ra*ba"to), n. [F. rabat, fr. rabattre. See Rabate.]
Definition: A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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