pelerine

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Susan, at breakfast, her shoulders wrapped in a serious-toned pelerine, said little.

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

No demon of calculation comes between her and the genius of taste, when the milliner suggests an extra flounce of Marines, or a pelerine of Honiton.

From The Lovels of Arden by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

A large pelerine cape is made to take on and off; and the bust from the back of each shoulder is ornamented with the same bias folds, forming a stomacher in front of the waist.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

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 Leslie, Eliza

This pelerine is edged with two rows of fringe.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various