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jabot

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ja·bot  (zh-b, jb)
n.
An ornamental cascade of ruffles or frills down the front of a shirt, blouse, or dress.

[French, crop of a bird, jabot, perhaps of Celtic origin.]

jabot [ˈʒæbəʊ]
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a frill or ruffle on the breast or throat of a garment, originally to hide the closure of a shirt
[from French: bird's crop, jabot; compare Old French gave throat]
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Noun1.jabotjabot - a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt
flounce, furbelow, ruffle, frill - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim


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On her white shirtwaist was a pleated jabot of cheap lace, caught with a large novelty pin of imitation coral.
 
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