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drabbet|ˈdræbɪt, dræˈbɛt|
Also -ette.
[f. drab n.2 + -et1, dim. suffix.]
A drab twilled linen, used for making men's smock-frocks, etc.
1819J. Baxter Jrnl. 16 Feb. in Amer. Speech (1965) XL. 198 Bot Jack a piece of Bleu Cloth for a Coat 3½ yds at 3/6 & myself a pair of Trowsers called Drabbett. 1851Offic. Catal. Gt. Exhib. I. 97 Drabbetts..Fancy Drills..Grey Twills. 1874T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd ix, Some..in snow-white smock frocks of Russia duck, and some in whitey-brown ones of drabbet. 1885Chr. World 529 Real Suffolk drabbet—one of the finest things for a workman to wear. |