{{Short description|Large broad collar of cut-work lace}} {{See also|Piccadilly (disambiguation)}} [[File:William Larkin Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos.jpg|thumb|English nobleman Grey Brydges wearing a piccadill, painted by William Larkin {{circa|1615}}]]
A '''piccadill''' or '''pickadill''' is a large broad collar of cut-work lace that became fashionable in the late 16th century and early 17th century.<ref name="MerriamWebster"/> The term is also used for the stiffened supporter or supportasse used to hold such a collar in place.<ref name="Arnold">{{cite book | last = Arnold | first = Janet | authorlink = Janet Arnold | title = Patterns of fashion 4: The cut and construction of linen shirts, smocks, neckwear, headwear and accessories for men and women c. 1540–1660 | publisher = Quite Specific Media Group | location = Hollywood, CA | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0896762626 |pages=32–38}}</ref><ref name="Cumming1">{{cite book | last = Cumming | first = Valerie | title = The dictionary of fashion history | publisher = Berg | location = Oxford New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 9781847885333 |page = 156}}</ref>
The term may originate from a conjectured Spanish word ''picadillo'', from ''picado'' meaning punctured or pierced or the Welsh word ''pica'' meaning pointed. This is similar to the Spanish word ''picadura'', used for the lace collars of the seventeenth century that contained much elaborate cut work point lace.
Examples of a piccadill can be seen on portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and other portraits of her contemporaries such as Sir Walter Raleigh.
Piccadilly, a street in central London, is believed to be named after the piccadill, perhaps because a landowner in the area once made his fortune from them.<ref>"piccadill", Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition 1989</ref>
==Gallery== <!-- Don't add more than three or four images here. These have been selected (along with the lead image above) to illustrate a variety of styles, genders, nationalities, dates and painters. --> <gallery> File:Elizabeth Poulett by Robert Peake.jpg|English noblewoman Elizabeth Poulett wearing a piccadill, painted by Robert Peake the Elder in 1616 File:Frans Pourbus (II) - Portrait of a Frenchman - WGA18248.jpg|A French nobleman wearing a piccadill, painted by Frans Pourbus the Younger {{circa|1610 to 1620}} File:Cornelis de Vos Girl at a Virginal.jpg|Unidentified Flemish young girl wearing a piccadill, painted by Cornelis de Vos in 1624 or 1625 </gallery>
==See also== {{wiktionary|piccadill}} * Ruff (clothing), a similar, contemporary fashion * Collar (clothing)
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="MerriamWebster">{{Citation | title = Pickadil | publisher = Merriam-Webster | url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pickadil | accessdate= 2012-02-10 | postscript= . }}</ref> }}
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