Piccadill (peckadill, pickadill, picardillo, pickadaille) was the name of a type of sixteenth-century cut-work lace, characterised by its very small spear-points. The name was also applied to the lace edge of a ruff, and hence to the full ruff itself. The name reputedly derives from Spanish picado, which means punctured or pierced. A ruff was correspondingly called a picadura in Spanish.