paletot

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It was the heavenly fashion then to wear a long, light, loose paletot of China silk—the early dust-coat, before it had been spoiled.

From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada

If the paletot and the wrapper wish to prove any claims to gentle birth, they cannot do better than refer their wearers to the father of English poets.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

It is hollowed out at the side and back seams, like a lady's paletot, tight over the breast, and fastened with little jet buttons.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

He did not seem at all surprised to see Emma in her hat and paletot.

From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

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