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.

---

partlet British  

/ ˈpɑːtlɪt /

noun

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

---

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

See Examples For:

partlet

“There’s your new partlet, and Pen’s Sunday gown.”

From All's Well Alice's Victory by M. Lewin

And also she hath not one good partlet to put upon her neck, nor but one good coif to put upon her head.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

He heard his name and looked back; had he first recognized the kindly voice he would not have turned, but fled, like a partlet at sight of the hawk, from Parson Tombs.

From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable

It was said that the "pinched partlet and puffed sleeves" of a courtier would easily make a lad a doublet and cloak.

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

The neck of the gown, cut low and square, showed the partlet of fine linen pleated to the neck.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---