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
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And, taking a cigar from his case, he lighted it from Guilmard's, as, with hands in his paletot, he sat negligently on the wall, surveying the scene below him.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
He started up from the table, calling for his furred paletot, and gave orders that his sleigh and horses should be brought round.
From Mabel's Mistake by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
She wore a puce silk paletot, and a brown hat trimmed with black lace; an unbecoming costume for one so tall.
From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood
It is hollowed out at the side and back seams, like a lady's paletot, tight over the breast, and fastened with little jet buttons.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
It was the heavenly fashion then to wear a long, light, loose paletot of China silk—the early dust-coat, before it had been spoiled.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Ada Cambridge
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