paletot
Americannoun
noun
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a loose outer garment
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a woman's fitted coat often worn over a crinoline or bustle
Etymology
Origin of paletot
1830–40; < French, Middle French, variant of paletoc < Middle English paltok a jacket, peasant's coat
Example Sentences
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And the colonel rejoined, "Tiens! not entirely a strong-minded female yet, I see," and as he spoke he helped her take off her long brown paletot.
From Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin
He took up his paletot from the chair onto which he had thrown it on his entrance, and threw it over his shoulder.
From In Direst Peril by David Christie Murray
She wore a brown silk gown, which had the colour of Spanish wine, with a paletot of black velvet bordered with sable.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Gustave Flaubert
He was smoking as he walked; his light paletot, which was open, did not conceal his evening clothes; and he bore himself with a serious grace that immediately awakened my attention.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
A black plush paletot corresponds with her black skirt.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
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