Part"let (?), n. [Dim. of part.]
1.
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.
2.
A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers.
"Dame
Partlett, the hen."
Shak.
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