A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Partlet, -lat, Pairtlet, Pertlet, n. [e.m.E. partlett(e (1526), -let, partelet (1519), also pertelet, appar. corrupted forms of patlet(t (see Patelet n.).] A partlet. —1541–2 Treas. Acc. VIII. 54.
Blak velvet to hir huid partlet and goune 1542–3 Ib. 173.
To be corinettis pertlettis … for my lady 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Mammillare quod tegit mammas, a partlet or coller 1601 Paisley B. Rec. 247.
Ane partlat of Lundoun claith barit with welwat 1619 Brechin Kirk S. 5 Sept.
The velvet pairtlet left to hir be his last wyff
