Etymology

pet-en-l'air

Today it means: A type of short sack-back. Full definition →

French pet-en-l'air
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  1. French · borrowed frompet-en-l'air
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Borrowed from French pet-en-l'air (literally “fart in the air”)

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.