Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A falling band; a collar turned over upon the shoulders, or supported in a horizontal position like a ruff.
- noun A wire or other stiffener used to hold this band in place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Stiff collar, wired or starched, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes used as a support for the
ruff .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century
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Examples
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"Why," he said, "did Margaret, in _Much ado about Nothing_, try to persuade Hero to wear her other rabato?"
The Flight of the Shadow George MacDonald 1864
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Milan, not in trunk hose and slashed sleeves, nor in "French standing collar, treble quadruple daedalian ruff, or stiff-necked rabato, that had more arches for pride, propped up with wire and timber, than five
Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Charles Kingsley 1847
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