jabot

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A historically correct Gaston would have delighted in an opulently embroidered waistcoat and ruffled jabot, rather than a solid colored V-neck whose only adornment was its plunging décolletage.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2021

Some fell vertically like the traditional jabot, and others encircled her neck like a lace doily.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2020

Ginsburg looked fit in her black robe and distinctive white jabot, and, as usual, was an early and aggressive questioner.

From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2019

Then, menswear tuxedos, boyish silhouettes, glam rock boots and silk multicolored jabot collars evoked the excesses of Studio 54 in its 1970s heyday when Yves Saint Laurent was a guest.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2018

And I must add that I personally have a considerably higher regard for Gieshübler's white jabot, in spite of the fact that jabots are no longer worn, than I have for Crampas's red sapper whiskers.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various