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chabot

/ʃəˈboʊ/

chabot noun: a kind of fish, mainly found on the coat of arms of the Chabot family ("or, three chabots gules").

chabot: a kind of fish, mainly found on the coat of arms of the Chabot family ("or, three chabots gules")
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Noun

chabot (plural chabots)

  1. (rare) A kind of fish, mainly found on the coat of arms of the Chabot family ("or, three chabots gules").
    • Chabots[:] Or three chabots gu.1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, page 839
    • Over all an escutcheon of pretence : 1 and 4 , Gules, nine mascles conjoined or, 3, 3, 3 (Rohan); 2 and 3, Or, three chabots hauriant gules (Chabot).1901, Ex Libris Society, The Journal of the Ex Libris Society, page 66

Proper noun capitalized: Chabot

Chabot (plural Chabots)

  1. A surname from French.
  2. A lake in Alameda County, California, United States, named after Anthony Chabot.

Examples of chabot in a sentence

  • "Or, three chabots gules” is the crest of a French family of the name of Chabot.1904, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory, London : T.C.; & E.C. Jack, page 186:
  • Arms : Gules three gemels gold on a quarter silver three chabots erect gules.1928, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Committee on Heraldry, A Roll of Arms:

Forms of chabot

Noun
pluralchabots
alternative formchalbot
Proper noun
pluralChabots

Origin of chabot

From French chabot.

Questions about chabot

What does chabot mean?
Chabot means a kind of fish, mainly found on the coat of arms of the Chabot family ("or, three chabots gules").
How do you use chabot in a sentence?
"Or, three chabots gules” is the crest of a French family of the name of Chabot.
What part of speech is chabot?
Chabot can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce chabot?
Chabot is pronounced /ʃəˈboʊ/.
What is the plural of chabot?
The plural of chabot is chabots.

Words near chabot in the dictionary

  1. chabobs
  2. Chabon
  3. Chabonesque
  4. chabootra
  5. chabootras
  6. chabot
  7. chabots
  8. chabouk
  9. chabouks
  10. chabournéite
  11. chabrette

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