† nab-cheat Obs. Cant.
Also 6 -chet, nob-chete.
[f. nab n.2 + cheat n.1 3.]
A hat or cap.
| c 1530 Copland Hye Wey to Spyttel Hous in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 69 His watch shall feng a prounces nobchete. 1567 Harman Caveat 85, I towre the strummel trine vpon thy nabchet and Togman. 1622 Fletcher Beggar's Bush ii. i, Thus we throw up our nab-cheats first for joy, And then our filches. |