Meaning of partlet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A hen (originally in the form Dame Partlet).
   archaic
2. A covering for the neck and upper chest, originally worn by both sexes, but later especially by women to cover a low neckline.
   archaic, historical

Examples

“How now, dame Partlett the hen?”

“On 1 February 1505, he ordered a new set of clothes for prince: an arming doublet of black satin, with fashionable detachable sleeves, and with it an arming partlet or under-collar […]”

“A black witch known as Mother She was going along Front Street toward the store, a frail bent shape in black partlet with cane laboring brokenly through the heat.”

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