pelisse

[ puh-lees ]

/ pəˈlis /

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noun

an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.

a woman's long cloak with slits for the arms.

Nearby words

pelican-flower, pelike, pelion, peliosis, peliosis hepatis, pelisse, pelite, pelitic, pelizaeus-merzbacher disease, pell, pell-mell

Origin of pelisse

1710–20; < French < Late Latin pellicia mantle, noun use of feminine of Latin pellicius of skin, derivative of pellis skin

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Examples from the Web for pelisse

She had a pelisse of hareskin, quite new, and a silk kerchief on her head.
The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia|Fyodor Dostoyevsky
He was struck from his horse by a piece of case shot, but his pelisse saved him.
With Frederick the Great|G. A. Henty
Calcutta may provide itself for the last few months; and my next order will be for a pelisse and bonnet, &c., at Portsmouth.
Up the Country|Emily Eden
In the morning Reicht was sent to the hermit with the pelisse, and a pound of thick candles.
The Cloister and the Hearth|Charles Reade

Under this pelisse, a short skirt, also dark, fell over a robe which reached the ankles.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for pelisse

pelisse

/ (pɛˈliːs) /

noun

a fur-trimmed cloak

a high-waisted loose coat, usually fur-trimmed, worn esp by women in the early 19th century

Word Origin for pelisse

C18: via Old French from Medieval Latin pellicia cloak, from Latin pellis skin

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pelisse

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pelisse

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