† Barbette v.

Obs. rare^–1. [a. OF. barbete-r, -etter (= mod.F. barboter). Cf. It. barbottare to stammer, mumble, balbottevole stammering, L. balbūtīre to stammer.] To make inarticulate sounds, to mutter.

c. 1480.  Caxton, Ovid’s Met., XIV. iii. Whan they wene to speke they barbette w^t gronyng voys.