pantalets

or pan·ta·lettes

[ pan-tl-ets ]

/ ˌpæn tlˈɛts /

noun (used with a plural verb)

Sometimes pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.

a pair of separate frilled or trimmed pieces for attaching to the legs of women's drawers.

Nearby words

pant, pant leg, pant-, pantagraph, pantagruel, pantalets, pantalgia, pantaloon, pantaloons, pantechnicon, pantelleria

Origin of pantalets

First recorded in 1825–35; pantal(oon) + -et + -s³

Also called trousers.

Related formspan·ta·let·ted, adjective

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Examples from the Web for pantalets

The snug flannel under-dress and the pantalets of the same cloth as the habit are all that is necessary.
Maids Wives and Bachelors|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Their pantalets reached almost to their heels, and their gingham aprons were almost as long, and cut without a gore.
Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880|Various
"It was her concert dress," said the woman, regarding aunt Corinne's pantalets with some contempt.
Old Caravan Days|Mary Hartwell Catherwood
“It looks to me as if she were trying to revive the fashion of pantalets,” suggested Priscilla.
Peggy Raymond's Vacation|Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith

I'm a dingy old shadow in a daguerreotype picture, in pantalets, cuddled up against my mother's hoopskirt.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson

British Dictionary definitions for pantalets

pantalets

pantalettes

/ (ˌpæntəˈlɛts) /

pl n

long drawers, usually trimmed with ruffles, extending below the skirts: worn during the early and mid 19th century

a pair of ruffles for the ends of such drawers

Word Origin for pantalets

C19: diminutive of pantaloons

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