pelerine
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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
There was likewise a considerable demur about a canezou and a pelerine, but eventually the latter carried the day.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
The soutanelle is made of silk, and lined with a different color; it has a hood, the inside of which is like the lining; it forms a pelerine, and ends square in front.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
The corsage low and plain, with a pelerine which passes along the back and shoulders, and is brought down to the front of the waist in a point.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
A strange ornament, like a pelerine, is also suspended from the neck, formed by a thick pad of glossy steel-blue feathers, which grow on a long fleshy lobe or excrescence.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates
