pantalets

or pan·ta·lettes

[ pan-tl-ets ]

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.

pantalets

/ ˌpæntəˈlɛts /

plural noun

1. long drawers, usually trimmed with ruffles, extending below the skirts: worn during the early and mid 19th century
2. a pair of ruffles for the ends of such drawers

Other Words From

• panta·letted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pantalets¹

First recorded in 1825–35; pantal(oon) + -et + -s ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of pantalets¹

C19: diminutive of pantaloons

Example Sentences

Mendelsohn was horrified to reexamine her participation in the tradition, monogrammed pantalets and all.

From Washington Post

He also took it one step further, asking Atlantans to dress up for the occasion: “Mayor Hartsfield urged every Atlanta woman and maid to put on hoop skirts and pantalets, appealed to every Atlanta male to don tight trousers and a beaver, sprout a goatee, sideburns and Kentucky colonel whiskers. He also requested citizens not to tear off the clothes of visiting movie stars, as happened in Kansas at the premiere of Dodge City.”

From Time

Here are china angels in blue frocks, with pink sleeves and saffron pantalets, pink-tipped plumes, and even pink bows in their goldy hair.

From Project Gutenberg

Under the gray vault of the cathedral women kneel before the image of the Christ Child, bringing Him a new pair of embroidered pantalets and entreating of His rosy simplicity what they would not dare ask from the "Ecce Homo"; or they kiss the satin-slippered feet of the miracle-working Virgin and vow her, if their prayer is granted, seven bright new swords of the finest Toledo workmanship to pierce her patient heart.

From Project Gutenberg

Pantalets, pan-ta-lets′, n.pl. long frilled drawers, once worn by women and children: a removable kind of ruffle worn at the feet of women's drawers.

From Project Gutenberg