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pantalets

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pan⋅ta⋅lets

  [pan-tl-ets]
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–noun (used with a plural verb)
1. Sometimes, pantalet. long drawers extending below the skirt, with a frill or other finish at the bottom of the leg, commonly worn by women and girls in the 19th century.
2. a pair of separate frilled or trimmed pieces for attaching to the legs of women's drawers.
Also, pan⋅ta⋅lettes.
Also called trousers.

Origin:
1825–35; pantal(oon) + -et + -s 3

Related forms:
pan⋅ta⋅let⋅ted, adjective
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pan·ta·let also pan·ta·lette   (pān'tə-lět')   
n.  

  1. Long underpants trimmed with ruffles extending below the skirt, worn by women in the mid-19th century. Often used in the plural.

  2. A frill attached to the leg of underpants. Often used in the plural.


[From pantaloon.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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