Talk:Jabot (neckwear)

Definitions
_ _ (I've done my best to faithfully, and phrase-for-phrase literally, translate the German article, and i'd rather clarify the situation by limiting my edits to _ _ A good article generally starts with a dictdef in the lead sent. You don't get good English dictdefs by faithfully translating a German dictdef or other German lead, so the accompanying article probably needs a dictdef added or substituted in. _ _ The three original revisions were deleted (AFAI can see, out of process), tagged at 06:19, 8 December 2006 with
 * 1) the translation and
 * 2) perhaps corrections and refinements, on the translation per se.)

and deleted 07:42, 8 December 2006 with comment/summary
 * cut and paste dicdef, probably copyvio, would belong in wiktionary, not here, if not copyvio

(Dictdef is not presently, and IIRC, at that time dictdef was not, a CSD at that time, and in point of fact, investigation shows that not all the substance of the cut-and-pasted material was protected by copyright.) _ _ For the benefit of those working on the lead, the deleted article embodied four dictdefs, the first 3 subject to copyright protection: I'm not going to take time to compare and discuss them (beyond observing that its child's play to avoid infringement, by paraphrasing a dictdef), so it's not clear that reproducing them on this talk page would be fair use, and it's easy enough for others to go look there, since none of those three sources seems to require registration. --Jerzy•t 04:34 & 04:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) At Merriam-Webster Online a "fall of lace or cloth" one referring to the 18th century
 * 2) On the same page, a "pleated frill of cloth or lace" one referring to women
 * 3) Attributed to American Heritage Dict, an "ornamental cascade of ruffles or frills" one
 * 4) (Now public domain) from the 1913 Webster's, "An arrangement of lace or tulle, looped ornamentally, and worn by women on the front of the dress."
 * 5) (Likewise as to location and free status, but not part of what was deleted nor of the page the deleted text cited) "Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt."

Misconceptions source
I puzzled some over the page lk'd by the German WP article, and Google's spotty and wretched, but impressive, translation of it. Without attempting a detailed translation, my understanding of the thrust of it is that in the 19th century, attempts to imitate the earlier garments, based almost entirely on paintings, failed in thinking the jabot was a feature of the shirt, etc., when in fact it was held in place on the wearer's body long enough for the jabot and garment to be stitched together; the stitching was cut before removing the garment; and in particular, the expensive lace jabots would have been ruined if they had be washed with the sturdier garments they were worn with. --Jerzy•t 05:02, 2 April 2008 (UTC)