English

Girl's costume showing linen pantalettes from Godey's Lady's Book 1855

Alternative forms

• pantalets

Noun

pantalettes ‎(uncountable)

1. A form of long underpants with a frill at the bottom of each leg
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter IX, Section iii:

     In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, […]