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  • pinner, a coif with 2 long flaps, one on each side, pinned on and hanging down, and sometimes fastened at the breast; worn by women, esp. of rank, in the 17th and 18th centuries. Sometimes applied to the flaps as an adjunct of the coif.
    definition from the OED.

  • To add to AFagins’ comments, a Pinner can also refer to a fill-in above a Decolletage ( a very low cut dress that reveals cleavage)

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Apr: 18