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noun, masculine

jabot

/ʒa.bo/

noun, masculine/ʒa.bo/plural: jabots

stomach; bird’s crop; shirt-frill, jabot; bosom, breast

Possibly related to gaver (“to force-feed”), or from Vulgar Latin *gaba (“maw, mullet”). Or, possibly a Celtic borrowing (compare Irish gob (“beak”), Gaulish *gobbos (“mouth”)).