pelerine

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The corsage low and plain, with a pelerine which passes along the back and shoulders, and is brought down to the front of the waist in a point.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. 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 Calthrop, Dion Clayton

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 Shaw, Bernard

Patsy held up a buff-coloured satin gown, pointing out with pride where he had filled up the deficiencies of a very low neck with the top of a green silk pelerine.

From The Weans at Rowallan by Fitzpatrick, Kathleen

She is clad in a loose dress of sombre colour, cut with a pelerine; and nothing but the one bright spot formed by the white collar reveals the severity of the costume.

From Bastien Lepage by Crastre, Fr.