[rab-ee, ruh-bat] 
| a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, esp. in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. |
[rab-uh
t] | a piece of unglazed and imperfectly fired pottery, used for polishing hard surfaces. |
[rah-baht, ruh-] | a seaport in and the capital of Morocco, in the NW part. 724,100. |
[muh-rok-oh] | 1. | French, Maroc. Spanish, Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 30,391,423; 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone. |
| 2. | former name of Marrakesh. |
| 3. | (lowercase) a fine, pebble-grained leather, originally made in Morocco from goatskin tanned with sumac. |
| 4. | (lowercase) any leather made in imitation of this. |
[muh-rok-uhn] , adjective, noun | ra·bat (rāb'ē, rə-bāt') n. A piece of cloth fitted to the collar and covering the shirt front, worn chiefly by Roman Catholic and Anglican clergy. [French, from Old French; see rebato.] |
| Ra·bat (rə-bät', rä-) The capital of Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Casablanca. Settled in ancient times, it became a Muslim fortress c. 700. It is a minor port and has textile industries. Population: 1,620,000. |
Kingdom in northwestern Africa with coasts on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; it is bordered by Algeria to the east and the western Sahara to the south. Its largest city is Casablanca, and its capital is Rabat.