paletot
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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
He did not seem at all surprised to see Emma in her hat and paletot.
From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
She wore a brown silk gown, which had the colour of Spanish wine, with a paletot of black velvet bordered with sable.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave
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
A man in a hazel-coloured paletot was walking on the edge of the footpath.
From Sentimental Education Vol 1 by Flaubert, Gustave
