pilch

[ pilch ]

/ pɪltʃ /

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noun

an infant's wrapper worn over a diaper.

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Origin of pilch

before 1000; Middle English pilche a kind of outer garment, Old English pylece<Medieval Latin pellicia a furred garment, Latin pellicea, feminine of pelliceus of skins, hides, derivative of pellis a skin

Words nearby pilch

Pilate, Pilate, Pontius, Pilates, Pilatus, pilau, pilch, pilchard, Pilcomayo, pilcrow, pile, pilea

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How to use pilch in a sentence

For a young girl I should like to know what is the objection to a pad, or pilch as they are called, made for use on either side.
Ladies on Horseback|Nannie Lambert
The pad or pilch is apt to turn round, for it is only one little girl in twenty who sits straight.
Ladies on Horseback|Nannie Lambert
Mr Pilch may have known very little of medicine, but he knew enough to make him shake his head as he saw the boy.
Reginald Cruden|Talbot Baines Reed
I asked for Mr. Pilch, and was conducted into a private room.
The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, And His Man Mark Antony O'Toole|W. H. Maxwell

Pilch sat down at the desk and invited Trigger to make herself comfortable on the couch.
Legacy|James H Schmitz

British Dictionary definitions for pilch

pilch

/ (pɪltʃ) /

noun British archaic

an outer garment, originally one made of skin

an infant's outer wrapping, worn over the napkin

Word Origin for pilch

C17: from Old English pylce a garment made of skin and fur, from Late Latin pellicia, from Latin pellis fur

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