sb. pl. Obs. Also 7 en-, ængageant(e)s. [Fr.] (See quot. 1694.)
1690. Songs Costume (1849), 188. About her sleeves are engageants.
1694. Lady’s Dict., Ængageants are double ruffles that fall over the wrists.
1695. Motteux, St. Olon’s Morocco, 94. Sleeves of these Vests … would be much like our Womens Engageantes.
1748. Earthquake of Peru, iii. 257. They are sometimes open like long Engageants, worn also in the Days of King Henry IV.
