rabato
IPA: rɑbˈɑtoʊ
noun
- Stiff collar, wired or starched, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes used as a support for the ruff.
Examples of "rabato" in Sentences
- "Why," he said, "did Margaret, in _Much ado about Nothing_, try to persuade Hero to wear her other rabato?"
- 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