1) Fashion accessory 1) Hen 
• (n.) A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers. • (n.) A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff.
Part'let noun [ Dim. of part .] 1. A covering for the neck, and sometimes for the shoulders and breast; originally worn by both sexes, but laterby women alone; a ruff. [ Obsolete] Fuller. 2. A hen; -- so called from the ruffing of her neck feathers. 'Dame Partlett ...
a high necked chemise