pantalettes

Variant of pantalets

pantalets definition

pan·ta·lets or pantalettes pan′·ta·lettes′ (pan′tə lets′)

plural noun

  1. long, loose drawers frilled at the ankle and showing beneath the skirt, worn by women during the middle of the 19th cent.
  2. detachable ruffles for the legs of drawers

Etymology: dim. of pantaloon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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