different between labret vs tabret

English

Etymology

From Latin labrum (“lip”) +? -et; modelled on anklet, bracelet, etc. Sometimes incorrectly assumed to be of French origin. From 1843.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (in anthropology) /?le?b??t/, (in the fashion industry, as pseudo-French) /l??bre?/

Noun

labret (plural labrets)

1. A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip.
   • 1993, Hilary Stewart, Looking at Totem Poles, page 41,

     The labret was an ornament worn in a perforation through the lower lip, In the north, labrets were oval in shape, generally made of wood or stone, times inlaid with small flat pieces of shell or bone. The wearing of a labret signified high rank.

   • 2003, John R. Swanton, Tlingit Myths and Texts, page 115,

     Raven wore a labret at that time set with abalone shell which was formerly very valuable, and it is from him that high-caste people afterward used those.

   • 2007, Margo DeMello, “Labrets”, entry in Encyclopedia of Body Adornment, page 175,

     A labret is a piercing that is attached below the lower lip, above the chin.

     Also known as the “Mao” (because it looks like the mole above Mao Zedong's chin), the jewelry used in the labret is usually a labret stud, which of a metal shaft with a simple round stud protruding from the face; it is attached inside of the lip with a flat piece of backing metal.

Synonyms

• (adornment on the lip): Mao, tongue pillar (informal)

Translations

Anagrams

• Albert, Bartel, Bartle, Tabler, balter, bralet, tabler

German

Pronunciation

Verb

labret

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of labern

English

Noun

tabret (plural tabrets)

1. A small tabor; a timbrel
2. (obsolete) A person who plays the tabor.

Translations

References

• Holy Bible, KJV: I Samuel 18:6 - "And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities and Israel, singing and dancing, to meet kind Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music."
• Holy Bible, NKJV: Job 17:6 - "He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret."

Anagrams

• Tarbet, batter