pelerine
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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 nuns' repast was soon finished, and one came with a very agreeable, open countenance and fresh, brown complexion, well fed and happy-looking, becomingly dressed in snow-white hood and pelerine and brown gown.
From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 by Augustus J. C. Hare
Upon second thoughts, I think I will have the green pelerine scolloped, and the blue one pointed.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
Susan, at breakfast, her shoulders wrapped in a serious-toned pelerine, said little.
From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer
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
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