paletot

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He was smoking as he walked; his light paletot, which was open, did not conceal his evening clothes; and he bore himself with a serious grace that immediately awakened my attention.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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

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

Mr. Leech represented the other day certain delicate creatures with bewitching countenances encased in several varieties of that amazing garment, the ladies' paletot.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

Then the maid wears a wideawake and a paletot.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James