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Definition of jabot : 1. An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress.
2. Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.

Usage examples:

• In front a full Mechlin lace jabot, with the white wig above, set his regular features and dark skin in a frame, as it were, his paleness and a look of melancholy in the eyes helping the natural beauty and distinction of a face high bred and haughty. - "Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker", S. Weir Mitchell.