English
Etymology
From French jabot#French|jabot.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'�æb��/
rhymes|æb��

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|/�abo/

Noun
fr-noun|m

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

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