layette

American

[ley-et] / leɪˈɛt /

noun

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

layette British

/ leɪˈɛt /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of layette

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

Example Sentences

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Dorothy looked at the pink page Lady Tasker had thrust into her hand as if it also, like the Litmus Layette, had turned blue before her eyes.

From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Layette, lā-yet′, n. a baby's complete outfit: a tray for carrying powder in powder-mills.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

See also the answer of Washington to La Layette, ib. p.

From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de

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