pelerine

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In the quotation heading this chapter, manteel, pelerine, and neckatee precede the capuchin; but in fact the capuchin is as old as the pelerine.

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

She wore ruffled lavender with a clear lace pelerine caught at her breast by a knot of straw-coloured ribbon and sprig of rose geranium.

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

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 France, Anatole

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 Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Patsy held up a buff-coloured satin gown, pointing out with pride where he had filled up the deficiencies of a very low neck with the top of a green silk pelerine.

From The Weans at Rowallan by Fitzpatrick, Kathleen