pelerine
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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
Your travelling-dress for summer should have a large cape or pelerine of the same.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
This pelerine is edged with two rows of fringe.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
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
She is clad in a loose dress of sombre colour, cut with a pelerine; and nothing but the one bright spot formed by the white collar reveals the severity of the costume.
From Bastien Lepage by Fr. Crastre
