pelerine

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There were satin bags covered with the most delicate stitchery, and black silk aprons with wreaths of myrtle done with silks or flosses, and, finally, satin pelerines exquisitely embroidered in designs of carefully shaded roses.

From The Development of Embroidery in America by Wheeler, Candace

The gowns pleased her exceedingly; so also did some woollen pelerines, which she instantly observed must be intended for the winter.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

The clothes from the blue-room cupboards represented the fashions for the past fifty years—full-skirted gowns, silk and satin, tarlatan, and bombazine calashes, areophane bonnets, Dolly Varden hats, pelerines, burnouses, shawls, tippets.

From The Weans at Rowallan by Fitzpatrick, Kathleen

And the surprise was not dolls' pelerines, but books.

From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

I got them all, grandmother—beautiful dresses, and mantillas, and pelerines; and dozens of pretty underwear.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston