layette

[ ley-et ]

noun

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

layette

/ leɪˈɛt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of layette¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of layette¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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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