rabatine
rabatine is the alternative form of rabato.
Meaning of rabato
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.
- Margaret: Troth, I think your other rabato were better.
Hero: No, pray thee, good Meg, I'll wear this.
Margaret: By my troth's not so good; and I warrant your cousin will say so.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Margaret: Troth, I think your other rabato were better.
Forms of rabatine
| plural | rabatines |
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Questions about rabatine
- What is rabatine the alternative form of?
- Rabatine is the alternative form of rabato.
Words near rabatine in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rabatine (page history and authors); rabato (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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