These are the meanings of the letters RBBAET when you unscramble them.
- Barbet (n.)
A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa.
- Barbet (n.)
A larva that feeds on aphides.
- Barbet (n.)
A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
- Rabbet (n.)
A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
- Rabbet (n.)
Same as Rabbet joint, below.
- Rabbet (v. t.)
To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
- Rabbet (v. t.)
To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.