jabot

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Borrowed from French jabot.

And there were the accessories--hats, caps, bonnets, gloves, fans, parasols, veils, jabots, collars, aigrettes, boots, shoes, slippers, powders, paints, cerates, massage-cream--ad infinitum. — What Will People Say? A Novel, Rupert Hughes
The foil took the place of the sword, the lace jabot of the leather jerkin, the smoke of battle gave way to the clouds of powder scattered by heads nodding in every direction. — On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau, Wilhelmine von Hillern
He wore shoes with silver buckles, knee-breeches, a snuff-colored frock coat, a lace jabot, and an outlandish gray hat with wide brim and long- haired surface that might have come out of the ark. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant

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