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English
Etymology
From French jabot#French|jabot.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'ʒæbəʊ/
rhymes|æbəʊ

Noun
en-noun|-

1. A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, etc.

#:*1963: She was a dream of winter bourgeois elegance: little black town suit with tiny white jabot of lace-froth; pencil skirt; three-quarter-length coat with lynx collar; long green gloves of suède; suède shoes of dull green; two shades of green in her leafy velvet hat: slim, clean, lithe-looking, delicately painted. — Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr Enderby

French
Etymology
From a Proto-Romance base *gaba ‘maw, gullet’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/Ê’abo/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. obsolete|lang=fr stomach
2. bird's crop
3. shirt-frill, jabot#English|jabot

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