It is used in Walpole's New British Traveller. 1784.
Haliwell gives compas as "a circle; Anglo-Norman."
Partlet, a small ruff or neck-band.
"Eidem pro 4 pec' de opera Rhet' bon' florat' in forma oper' sciss' ad 24s., £4 16s."—G. W. A. Eliz., 43 to 44.
1578-79. New Year's Gifts. Baroness Shandowes. "A vail of black network flourished with flowers of silver and a small bone-lace."—Nichols.
Encyclopædia Britannica. Art. Costume. Sixteenth Century.