paletot
Example Sentences
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Broadly speaking, the principal garments were a paletot, trousers, and a narrow girdle tied in front.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
A man in a hazel-coloured paletot was walking on the edge of the footpath.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Gustave Flaubert
Miss Lees is less nautically attired; having but slipped over her morning dress a paletot of the ordinary kind, and on her head a plumed hat of the Neapolitan pattern.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
Short velvet cloaks, of the paletot shape, half tight, trimmed with lace, embroidered entirely in satin stitch, and with narrow braiding, are also worn.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
A black plush paletot corresponds with her black skirt.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
