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Definition of Layette
1. Noun. Kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby.
Definition of Layette
1. n. The outfit of clothing, blankets, etc., prepared for a newborn infant, and placed ready for used.
Definition of Layette
1. Noun. a complete set of clothing etc for a new baby ¹
2. Noun. an ERO (equipment repair order) parts bin in the United States Marine Corps, when discussing maintenance management and repair parts management. When conducting maintenance on a piece of equipment, or vehicle, parts are ordered. When parts come in they are placed into the bins until all the parts arrive, and then they are signed for by a mechanic and applied to the equipment, or vehicle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Layette
1. an outfit of clothing and equipment for a newborn child [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Layette
Literary usage of Layette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1922)
"... THE baby's layette depends a good deal upon the resources of the parents, and
the simplest things are always the best. If economy is a necessity, ..."
2. A Manual of personal hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiological Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1917)
"The layette generally contains the following: Bands, flannel 4-6 Diapers 6 dozen
or more Shirts 6 Socks 6 pairs Slips 6 or inore Night-gowns 6 Petticoats, ..."
3. Mayfair to Moscow: Clare Sheridan's Diary by Clare Sheridan (1921)
"On application she is given the necessary layette for the newborn. It is difficult
to preserve one's maternal sentimentality in the face of this Communistic ..."
4. Doré: By a Stroller in Europe by W. W. Wright (1857)
"... LA layette IMPERIALS. HAVING seen the Parisians in their wildest dancing mood,
I had an opportunity of seeing them yesterday in one of their curious ..."
5. A Nurse's handbook of obstetrics for use in training-schools by Joseph Brown Cooke, Carolyn Elizabeth Gray, Phillip Francis Williams (1920)
"XXII The Ideal Nursery and layette THE IDEAL NURSERY As a guide to the nurse in
answering the many questions an inexperienced mother will put concerning the ..."
6. Better Babies and Their Care by Anna Steese Richardson (1914)
"... layette — PREVENTION OP BLINDNESS IN NEW-BORN BABIES — THE BABY'S FIRST BATH
ushering of a new life into the world is an event so momentous and fraught ..."
7. St. Mary's Hospital Gazette by St. Mary's Hospital (London, England) (1898)
"... (layette. CONTENTS. PAGE Preventive Inoculation The Characters of the Association
Eleven Aphorisms from the Out-Patient Room. By Robert Maguire, MD, ..."
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