Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RAB'BET, v.t. [Fr. raboter.]

1. To pare down the edge of a board or other piece of timber, for the purpose of receiving the edge of another piece by lapping and thus uniting the two. – Moxon.
2. To lap and unite the edges of boards, &c. In ship carpentry, to let the edge of a plank into the keel. – Mar. Dict.