pelerine

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Would you like me to add the pelerine you were admiring?

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. by Various

She is dressed in winter walking costume: a large hat,—fur-trimmed pelerine, and a large muff.

From Pride and Predjudice, a play by Mackaye, Mary Keith Medbery

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 Calthrop, Dion Clayton

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 Leslie, Eliza

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.