6 OCTOBER 1967, Page 27

Table Talk

Sir: Sir Denis Brogan's French (22 September) has betrayed him. The bands formerly worn by clergy and still by the judiciary are called Yabat; i.e. something turned down. The word 'grabat' means a litter, pallet or mean bed.

H. W. E. Reynolds.

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