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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Broadly speaking, the principal garments were a paletot, trousers, and a narrow girdle tied in front.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
If the paletot and the wrapper wish to prove any claims to gentle birth, they cannot do better than refer their wearers to the father of English poets.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
Short velvet cloaks, of the paletot shape, half tight, trimmed with lace, embroidered entirely in satin stitch, and with narrow braiding, are also worn.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
Another walking dress consists of pelisse and paletot of Nankin cachmere, the former beautifully embroidered.
From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various
And yet I sewed a black spider into your paletot with his web; a velvety fellow he was!
From Germinie Lacerteux by Goncourt, Jules de
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