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rabato

/ɹəˈbɑːtəʊ/

rabato noun: stiff collar, wired or starched, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes used as a support for the ruff.

Noun

rabato (plural rabatos or rabatoes)

  1. 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]...

Forms of rabato

pluralrabatos
pluralrabatoes
alternative formrebato
alternative formrabatine

Origin of rabato

From French rabat.

Questions about rabato

What does rabato mean?
Rabato means stiff collar, wired or starched, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes used as a support for the ruff.
What part of speech is rabato?
Rabato is a noun.
How do you pronounce rabato?
Rabato is pronounced /ɹəˈbɑːtəʊ/.
What is the plural of rabato?
The plural of rabato is rabatos.

Words near rabato in the dictionary

  1. rabatine
  2. rabatines
  3. rabating
  4. rabatment
  5. rabatments
  6. rabato
  7. rabatoes
  8. rabatos
  9. rabats
  10. rabatte
  11. rabatted

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