abacot

noun

Etymology: From a series of mistranscriptions and misprints, from "a bycoket" to "a bicoket" to "abocoket" to "abocoke" to, at last, "abacot".

1. Alternative spelling of bycoket.

   “On his head du Chatelet wore an abacot, or cap of state, looped at one side with a jewelled button.”

   “It was found to be a mistake for by-cocket, which is the correct word. In spite of this exposure of the impostor, the word was allowed to stand, with a woodcut of an abacot, in an important dictionary published subsequently, although Dr. Murray's remarks were quoted. This shows how difficult it is to kill a word ...”