PARTLET


Meaning of PARTLET in English

/pahrt"lit/ , n.

a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.

[ 1510-20; unexplained var. of late ME patelet patelette strip of cloth, band, lit., little paw, equiv. to OF pate paw + -lete -LET ]

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