Jabot
/ˈʒæb.oʊ/noun
A frilled or lace ornament worn at the neck or front of a blouse or shirt.
Did you know?Jabot comes from French, where it originally meant the front of a shirt or a bird’s crop, showing how fashion words often grow out of body parts and elite dress.
Etymological Timeline
Early Modern French
French
jabot
“the crop or throat of a bird; the front of a shirt or neckcloth”
17th Century
French
jabot
“a frilled neck ornament or shirt front”
18th Century
English
jabot
“a decorative frill on a shirt or blouse front”
Modern English
English
jabot
“a lace or ruffled ornamental front at the neck”