pelerine

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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

The corsage is high at the back, but sloped somewhat lower in front, over which there is a lace pelerine, which is brought down to a point in front.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various

The nuns' repast was soon finished, and one came with a very agreeable, open countenance and fresh, brown complexion, well fed and happy-looking, becomingly dressed in snow-white hood and pelerine and brown gown.

From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Dresses were all of one piece then, and were made low with short baby sleeves, but a pelerine was made with the dress, which was really an over-waist with two little capes over the shoulders.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

A strange ornament, like a pelerine, is also suspended from the neck, formed by a thick pad of glossy steel-blue feathers, which grow on a long fleshy lobe or excrescence.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter