Partlet

[pɑ:tlit]

(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.

Edited by Cary

n. a ruff or band worn round the neck or shoulders by women: a hen from its habit of ruffling the feathers round its neck.

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