pelerine
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This pelerine is edged with two rows of fringe.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
With one of these dresses we saw a young lady wear a rich black satin pelerine, handsomely trimmed with a very beautiful black blond; it had a very neat effect, as the dress was light.
From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop
Her shoulders were covered with a fringed pelerine, which had nothing at all remarkable about it, but which she wore as if it were a sacerdotal vestment, or the symbol of some high civic function.
From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France
The soutanelle is made of silk, and lined with a different color; it has a hood, the inside of which is like the lining; it forms a pelerine, and ends square in front.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
He noticed that her dress was indeed plainer, and yet she seemed quite concerned over the water-soaked state of that cheap thin silk pelerine and merino skirt.
From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Bret Harte
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