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 Ada Cambridge
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
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
When the loose sack or paletot takes the place of his brocade blouse, it is worn with a refinement and grace that might bring a jealous pang to the exquisite of our more refined civilization.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Henry Cabot Lodge
She wore a brown silk gown, which had the colour of Spanish wine, with a paletot of black velvet bordered with sable.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Gustave Flaubert
