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noun
Partlet  n.  
1.
A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but later by women alone; a ruff. (Obs.)
2.
A hen; so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers. "Dame Partlett, the hen."





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"Partlet" Quotes from Famous Books



... delight in the fairy ship which could be folded up and put into a pocket, and in the wonderful nut-shell that could bring forth beautiful silver and gold dresses. The little wagon of Chanticleer and Partlet that took them a trip up to the hill, and the tiny mugs and beds, table and plates, of Snow White's cottage in the wood—such as these all meet ...
— A Study of Fairy Tales • Laura F. Kready
... shame us in the eyes of her that hath been in the Court. I was ne'er one to cast money right and left. If I had but a new velvet gown, and a fair kirtle of laced satin, and a good kersey for every day, and an hood, and a partlet or twain of broidered work, and two or three other small matters, I would ask no more. Rachel would fain don us ...
— Clare Avery - A Story of the Spanish Armada • Emily Sarah Holt


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