pelerine
Example Sentences
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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
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
I wore my black velvet and point lace pelerine, with the diamond star he gave me after the Jutley election.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 by Various
He noticed that her dress was indeed plainer, and yet she seemed quite concerned over the water-soaked state of that cheap thin silk pelerine and merino skirt.
From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Bret Harte
Reasoning thus, and much better than this, she was very particular about her hat, and French pelerine of fluted lawn, and frock of pale violet trimmed on either side with gathered muslin.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
