Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
RABATO
rabato, rebato
(noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century
REBATO
rabato, rebato
(noun) a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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