pelerine

American  

[pel-uh-reen, pel-er-in] / ˌpɛl əˈrin, ˈpɛl ər ɪn /

noun

1. a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.

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pelerine British  

/ ˈpɛləˌriːn /

noun

1. a woman's narrow cape with long pointed ends in front

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Etymology

Origin of pelerine

1735–45; < French pèlerine, feminine of pèlerin pilgrim

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Example Sentences

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pelerine

A large pelerine cape is made to take on and off; and the bust from the back of each shoulder is ornamented with the same bias folds, forming a stomacher in front of the waist.

From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop

Would you like me to add the pelerine you were admiring?

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

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

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

Jack's ribald advice to buy a pelerine, and a green-loden Gemsjäger hat with a feather, stirred me neither to smiles nor anger, for Molly and I were already deep in exploration.

From The Princess Passes by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

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