pelerine
Example Sentences
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Her shoulders were covered with a fringed pelerine, which had nothing at all remarkable about it, but which she wore as if it were a sacerdotal vestment, or the symbol of some high civic function.
From The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France
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
Though long ends are very much in favour with silk pelerines, yet there are quite as many that are quite round; such was the black satin pelerine we cited above.
From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop
Miriam had discarded her little fur pelerine and her double-breasted jacket bulged loosely over the thin fabric of her blouse.
From Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 by Dorothy Miller Richardson
Susan, at breakfast, her shoulders wrapped in a serious-toned pelerine, said little.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
