paletot
Example Sentences
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This fullness is owing to its being cut in a style like the paletot.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
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 Ada Cambridge
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
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
I wore a gray felt hat, a travelling paletot, and Hessian boots, such as were then the fashion in California.
From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Fanny Loviot
