pelerine

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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 Harper, Various (magazine)

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)

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 Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

The names "cardinal" and "capuchin" had been derived from monkish wear, and the cape, called a pelerine, had an allied derivation; it is said to be derived from pèlerin--meaning a pilgrim.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

The lady wore a green silk pelerine, and a green bonnet with pink strings, and the gentleman a blue coat and bell hat.

From Young Lucretia and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins