rabot

[ rab-uht ]

/ ˈræb ət /

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a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

<French: plane

And she had used the same phrase, "never get better," with regard to little Rabot.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
Four marines only, out of the 60 in the reserve of Commander Rabot, succeeded in escaping.
Dixmude|Charles Le Goffic
To bar the way to the bridges of Dixmude, Commander Rabot, with a battalion, hurried to the support of the left wing of the front.
Dixmude|Charles Le Goffic
Of the reserve under Commander Rabot, driven from ditch to ditch, its commander killed or missing, only fifteen men were left.
Dixmude|Charles Le Goffic

It was during the struggle with Maximilian that the Rabot was constructed at Ghent, in 1489.
The Spell of Flanders|Edward Neville Vose