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

• buik
• buik-lear
• buiks
• build
• build a sconce
• builded
• builder
• builders
• builder's bottom
• builders' bottoms
• builder's bum
• builders' merchant
• builder's tea
• build in
• building
• building block
• building blocks
• building-board
• building-boards
• building line
• building lines
• building paper
• building papers
• buildings
• building societies