pantalettes

pl. See pantalets. pantalon1 (pant a-lon), n. [F.: see pantaloon.] The first movement or figure in the old quadrille, the name being derived from a song to which this figure was originally danced. pantalon2 (pan'ta-lon), n. Same as pantaleon. pantaloon (pan-ta-lön'), n. [F. pantalon = Sp. pantalon = Pg. pantalão, for men, consisting of breeches and stock ings in one: so called because worn by Venetians. I could not but wonder to see pantaloons and shoul der-knots crowding among the common clowns. Roger North, Lord Guilford, [I. 289. ( Davies.) 2. In the early years of the nineteenth century, tight-fitting garments for the thighs and legs, worn by men of fashion, generally buttoned around the lower part of the calf, or sometimes tied with ribbons at this point. Hence-3. Trousers the modern trousers having succeeded to the pantaloons by a gradual transition. Venetian Hose in one piece from waist to feet, 16th century-prob ably the garment called by for eigners pan tale one, or pantaloons. IMG:content-2245.jpg:[blocks in formation]