Meaning of 'partlet'

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Meaning of ‘partlet’

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partlet

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.

A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers. "Dame Partlett, the hen." Shak.

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