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The 'piccadill' or ''pickadill'' is the name of a large broad collar of cut-work lace that became fashionable in the late 16th century and early 17th century.
The term originates from the Spanish "picadillo" and "picado" meaning "punctured" or "pierced". The lace collars of the seventeenth century contained much elaborate cut work giving them the name "picadura" (sp.) and "piccadill".
Examples of a piccadill can be seen on portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and other portraits of her contemporaries such as Sir Walter Raleigh. Makers of piccadills were very specialized and for the most part were located in a centralized part of London which is now called Piccadilly Circus.