layette
an outfit of clothing, bedding, etc., for a newborn baby.
Origin of layette
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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.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Vicente Blasco IbanezThe 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. GorstWe came here because the mother said she got a layette at madame's studio.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport GibbonsA date was approaching, and there was the layette to be prepared.
The Pace That Kills | Edgar SaltusI remember one time, however, that babies were several months old before I could give their mothers a complete layette.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport Gibbons
British Dictionary definitions for layette
/ (leɪˈɛt) /
a complete set of articles, including clothing, bedclothes, and other accessories, for a newborn baby
Origin of layette
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