paletot

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A black plush paletot corresponds with her black skirt.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

There were others in the open air; and in the midst of the yard stood S�n�cal with his everlasting blue paletot lined with red.

From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave

When the loose sack or paletot takes the place of his brocade blouse, it is worn with a refinement and grace that might bring a jealous pang to the exquisite of our more refined civilization.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Miss Lees is less nautically attired; having but slipped over her morning dress a paletot of the ordinary kind, and on her head a plumed hat of the Neapolitan pattern.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

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 Schubin, Ossip