pelerine
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The fall of every curl had she studied well that morning, and the folds of the muslin pelerine over her shoulders.
From Madelon A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
A strange ornament, like a pelerine, is also suspended from the neck, formed by a thick pad of glossy steel-blue feathers, which grow on a long fleshy lobe or excrescence.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates
The corsage low and plain, with a pelerine which passes along the back and shoulders, and is brought down to the front of the waist in a point.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
The corsage is high at the back, but sloped somewhat lower in front, over which there is a lace pelerine, which is brought down to a point in front.
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various
She was next informed that she could not be presentable without a French pelerine of embroidered muslin.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
