[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Originally (more fully "Dame Partlet") a name traditionally applied to: a hen. More generally: a hen; (in extended use) a woman.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. Origin uncertain; perhaps humorously from pert + -elot, diminutive suffix, to resemble a (fictitious) Middle French female forename

[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- An item of clothing worn over the neck and upper part of the chest, especially by women to cover a low décolletage. Also (occasionally): a bodice or chemisette.


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century; earliest use found in Acts of Parliament. Origin uncertain; perhaps alteration of patlet, or perhaps from Partlet, with reference to the feathers round the neck of some hens