pilch

American  

[pilch] / pɪltʃ /

noun

1. an infant's wrapper worn over a diaper.

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pilch British  

/ pɪltʃ /

noun

1. an outer garment, originally one made of skin

2. an infant's outer wrapping, worn over the napkin

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Lambert, Nannie

The pad or pilch is apt to turn round, for it is only one little girl in twenty who sits straight.

From Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes by Lambert, Nannie

There has been a vain attempt to make pilcher signify a leathern sheath, because a pilch was a garment of leather or pelt.

From Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

The pannier training was followed by the little girls being placed on a pilch, and conducted about by a mounted groom with a leading-rein.

From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace)

Item one fur for the aforesaid pilch 20s.

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