Cab"a*ret (kăb"ȧ*rĕt; 277),
n. [F.] A tavern; a house where liquors
are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.]
Cab"a*ret (?), n. In the United
States, a café or restaurant where the guests are entertained
by performers who dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after
the practice of a certain class of French taverns; hence, an
entertainment of this nature.