layette

[ ley-et ]

noun
  1. an outfit of clothing, bedding, etc., for a newborn baby.

Origin of layette

1
1830–40; <French; Middle French laiete small coffer, equivalent to laie chest (<Middle Dutch laeye, variant of lade; akin to lade) + -ete-ette

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How to use layette in a sentence

  • She hides her condition with a certain modesty, but from my window, I have often seen her making the dainty layette.

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  • The present will be accompanied by a layette, so that the child may learn to dress her infant and to change its clothes.

    The Curse of Education | Harold E. Gorst
  • We came here because the mother said she got a layette at madame's studio.

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  • A date was approaching, and there was the layette to be prepared.

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  • I remember one time, however, that babies were several months old before I could give their mothers a complete layette.

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British Dictionary definitions for layette

layette

/ (leɪˈɛt) /


noun
  1. a complete set of articles, including clothing, bedclothes, and other accessories, for a newborn baby

Origin of layette

1
C19: from French, from Old French, from laie, from Middle Dutch laege box

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