Home › Words › R › rabatorabato/ɹəˈbɑːtəʊ/rabato · noun — stiff collar, wired or starched, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes used as a support for the ruff.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).rabato is pronounced /ɹəˈbɑːtəʊ/.EtymologyFrom French rabat.nounStiff collar, wired or starched, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes used as a support for the ruff.e.g.“Margaret: Troth, I think your other rabato were better. Hero: No, pray thee, good Meg, I'll wear this. Margaret: By my troth's not so good; and I warrant your cousin will say so.” — 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] BDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).