Thesaurus: partlet

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1. n. A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff.
2. n. A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.
3. 1. A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff. [Obs.] Fuller. 2. A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers. "Dame Partlett, the hen." Shak.
4. n. A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff. n. A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.