Associations to the word «Partlet»

Wiktionary

PARTLET, noun. (now rare) (archaic) A hen (originally in the form Dame Partlet). [from 14th c.]
PARTLET, noun. (now historical or archaic) A covering for the neck and upper chest, originally worn by both sexes, but later especially by women to cover a low neckline. [from 16th c.]

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats