pelerine
Example Sentences
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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
She is clad in a loose dress of sombre colour, cut with a pelerine; and nothing but the one bright spot formed by the white collar reveals the severity of the costume.
From Bastien Lepage by Fr. Crastre
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
Susan, at breakfast, her shoulders wrapped in a serious-toned pelerine, said little.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
