pelerine
Example Sentences
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Her dress is a plain brown frock, with a woollen pelerine of black and aniline mauve over her shoulders, all very trim in honor of the occasion.
From John Bull's Other Island by Bernard Shaw
Your travelling-dress for summer should have a large cape or pelerine of the same.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
I wore my black velvet and point lace pelerine, with the diamond star he gave me after the Jutley election.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 by Various
Though long ends are very much in favour with silk pelerines, yet there are quite as many that are quite round; such was the black satin pelerine we cited above.
From English Costume by Dion Clayton Calthrop
Miriam had discarded her little fur pelerine and her double-breasted jacket bulged loosely over the thin fabric of her blouse.
From Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 by Dorothy Miller Richardson
