n. A printed cloth garment resembling a skirt or kilt, worn as the principle garment by both men and women in Polynesia, especialy in Samoa; called also pareu. [ PJC ]
{ or } n. [ after the Duchesse de La Valliere, a mistress of Louis XI. RHUD. ] A neck ornament consisting of a chain and single jewelled pendant, or drop; also, the pendant itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]