Middle English Dictionary Entry
rabet n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | rabet n.(3) Also rabit. |
| Etymology | OF rabat beating back. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A rectangular groove cut longitudinally in a piece of timber; ~ stok, ?some kind of appliance for holding wood in which such a groove is being made; (b) ?a thrust beating down an opponent's sword in fencing.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ex.26.17 : In þe sydis of þe table be þer made two rabetis [L incastraturæ], with þe which þe to table be sett fast to þe toþer.
- (1404) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100396 : 1 rabitstoke cum 2 scrwes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)421 : Rabet, in a werke of carpentrye: Runctura, incastratura.
b
- a1500 The man that wol (Hrl 3542)p.309 : Thy spryngys, thyquarters, thy rabetis also, Bere a goode eye and lete thy hond go.