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Meaning of jabot | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈʒæ.bəʊ

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Български жабо
Bosanski žabo
Čeština žábo
Deutsch Jabot
Esperanto ĵaboto
Español chorrera guirindola
Français jabot
Hrvatski žabo
Magyar zsabó
日本語 ジャボ
ქართული ჟაბო
Nederlands jabot
Polski żabot żabotowy
Русский жабо
Српски žabo

Examples

“She was wearing tan today, with a ruffled jabot at her throat.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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