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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.

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Also called trousers.

Origin of pantalets

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

OTHER WORDS FROM pantalets

pan·ta·let·ted, adjective

Words nearby pantalets

pansy, pansystolic, pansystolic murmur, pant, Pantagruel, pantalets, pantalgia, pantaloon, pantaloons, pantechnicon, Pantelleria
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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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