What's the difference between jabot and sabot?

Jabot


Definition:

  • (n.) Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.
  • (n.) An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So Codron was startled when the young director arrived at a garden party for the revue star Hermione Gingold “dressed in very tight trousers and a lace jabot.

Sabot


Definition:

  • (n.) A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.
  • (n.) A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In Montmartre , at his bar, Le Sabot Rouge, Henri Legourgue watched as the patrol passed outside.

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