Partlet Definition

pärtlĭt
noun
A covering for the neck and upper chest, worn chiefly by women in the 16th cent.
Webster's New World

(now rare, archaic) A hen (originally in the form Dame Partlet). [from 14th c.]

Dame Partlett, the hen. --Shak.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Partlet

Noun

Singular:
partlet
Plural:
partlets

Origin of Partlet

  • Alteration of Middle English patelet from Old French patelete band of cloth diminutive of pate paw patois

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown; perhaps a diminutive form of pert.

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown.

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

PPAPAR

Words Ending With

TETLET

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partlet

Words Starting With P and Ending With T

Starts With P & Ends With TStarts With PA & Ends With TStarts With P & Ends With ET

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