layetten.
/leɪˈɛt/, U.S. /leɪˈɛt/ 1. A complete outfit of garments, toilet articles, and bedding for a new-born child.
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1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 158 I have worked my fingers nearly off with making..innumerable rolls of coarse little baby-clothes, layettes for the use of small new-born slaves.
1863 G. Du Maurier Let. in Young G. du Maurier (1951) 212 She is now..making the layette and things for the son and heir, whom I am beginning to look forward to with a certain amount of curious expectation.
1874 Princess Alice Mem. 26 Apr. (1884) 321 Let me thank you..for the present towards the layette—a most kind assistance.
1939 Atlantic 858 A layette of diminutive bright calico bajus and sarongs.
1974 Selfridge Christmas Catal. 47 Baby doll complete with layette.
2. (See quot. 1885.)
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1885 E. S. Farrow Mil. Encycl. Layette, A three-sided tray..used to carry powder from one mortar to another in powder~mills.
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