pelerine
Example Sentences
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Jack's ribald advice to buy a pelerine, and a green-loden Gemsjäger hat with a feather, stirred me neither to smiles nor anger, for Molly and I were already deep in exploration.
From The Princess Passes by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
There was likewise a considerable demur about a canezou and a pelerine, but eventually the latter carried the day.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
Her dress is a plain brown frock, with a woollen pelerine of black and aniline mauve over her shoulders, all very trim in honor of the occasion.
From John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw
Your travelling-dress for summer should have a large cape or pelerine of the same.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
In the quotation heading this chapter, manteel, pelerine, and neckatee precede the capuchin; but in fact the capuchin is as old as the pelerine.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
