noun
- a stiff collar or ruff worn around the neck, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries
Usage: archaic; historical
Examples
- The portrait showed a nobleman wearing an elaborate pickadil around his neck.
- Fashion historians study the evolution of the pickadil in Renaissance clothing.
- The actor’s costume included a white lace pickadil for the period drama.
- Wealthy merchants often wore pickadils to display their social status.
- The museum’s textile collection features several well-preserved pickadils from the 1600s.