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1. (n.) partlet
a garment for the neck and shoulders, usu. having a collar, worn in the 16th century.
Etymology: (1510–20; alter. of late ME patelet < MF patelette strip of cloth, band, lit., little paw)
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1. (noun) partlet
a covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff
2. (noun) partlet
a hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers
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