rabinet
/ˈrabɪnɪt/ /ˈrab(ə)nɪt/Now historical
noun
A type of small cannon.
- J. Smith Sea Gram. (1627) gives the diameter of bore as 1 inch, and the charge as half a pound, but other evidence shows variation..
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Harington (bap. 1560, d. 1612), courtier and author. Variant of robinet.
- wear oneself to a shadow
- wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- wear-resistant
- wear someone/thing down
- wear someone/thing out
- wear something out (also wear out)
- wear the silver fern
- wear the trousers
- wear thin
- weary
- wearying
- wearyingly
- weasand
- weasel
- weasel-faced
- weaselly
- weasel's snout
- weasel words
- weather
- weather balloon
- weather-beaten
- weatherboard
- weatherboarding
- weather bomb
- weatherbound