pantalets

or pan·ta·lettes

[ pan-tl-ets ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. 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.
2. a pair of separate frilled or trimmed pieces for attaching to the legs of women's drawers.

pantalets

/ ˌpæntəˈlɛts /

plural noun

1. long drawers, usually trimmed with ruffles, extending below the skirts: worn during the early and mid 19th century
2. a pair of ruffles for the ends of such drawers

Other Words From

• panta·letted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pantalets¹

First recorded in 1825–35; pantal(oon) + -et + -s ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of pantalets¹

C19: diminutive of pantaloons

Example Sentences

Off came pantalets, waist and undercoverings, through the pure, cold water he waded.

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“It looks to me as if she were trying to revive the fashion of pantalets,” suggested Priscilla.

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I'm not going to dress up in Sunday best manners because you wear ruffled pantalets.

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They were wearing pantalets shorter now, and she noticed that Lily wore hers very short.

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The portrait it contained had been banished to the attic while her three eldest sisters were still in Wellington pantalets.

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