pelerine
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With one of these dresses we saw a young lady wear a rich black satin pelerine, handsomely trimmed with a very beautiful black blond; it had a very neat effect, as the dress was light.
From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop
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
He noticed that her dress was indeed plainer, and yet she seemed quite concerned over the water-soaked state of that cheap thin silk pelerine and merino skirt.
From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Bret Harte
She is dressed in winter walking costume: a large hat,—fur-trimmed pelerine, and a large muff.
From Pride and Predjudice, a play by Mary Keith Medbery Mackaye
The soutanelle is made of silk, and lined with a different color; it has a hood, the inside of which is like the lining; it forms a pelerine, and ends square in front.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
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