Partlet /pärtˈlit/

1. A proper name for a hen, from Chaucer's Pertelote in the Nun's Priest's Tale
2. Sometimes applied to a woman

partlet /pärtˈlit/ (obsolete)

1. Orig a collar or ruff
2. A woman's covering for the upper breast, neck and shoulders, often finished with a ruff or frill
3. A kind of shirt

• pigeon-berry
• pigeon breast
• pigeon-breasted
• pigeon breasts
• pigeon chest
• pigeon-chested
• pigeoned
• pigeon-fancier
• pigeon-fanciers
• pigeon-fancying
• pigeon-flier
• pigeon-fliers
• pigeon-flyer
• pigeon-flying
• pigeon-hearted
• pigeonhole
• pigeonholed
• pigeonholer
• pigeonholers
• pigeonholes
• pigeonholing
• pigeon-house
• pigeon-houses
• pigeoning
• pigeon-livered