partlet

American  

[pahrt-lit] / ˈpɑrt lɪt /

noun

1. a garment for the neck and shoulders, usually ruffled and having a collar, worn in the 16th century.

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partlet British  

/ ˈpɑːtlɪt /

noun

1. a woman's garment covering the neck and shoulders, worn esp during the 16th century

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Etymology

Origin of partlet

1510–20; unexplained variant of late Middle English patelet < Middle French patelette strip of cloth, band, literally, little paw, equivalent to Old French pate paw + -lete -let

Example Sentences

Then he goes on to say that a partlet may be goodness knows what else.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

The pinched partlet made a fine undergarment for the slashed doublet.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

Old Baucis stared a moment, Then tossed poor partlet on the green, And with a tone half jest, half spleen, Thus made her housewife's comment: 12.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various

But alas! a fair, white partlet has torn his crest out, and he shall crow no more.

From Hyperion by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

The angels minister to the tyrants; or the gentle, hen-pecked husband cowers before the superior partlet.

From The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh by Thackeray, William Makepeace