pelisse
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- noun
- /pəˈliːs/
- Archaic
:
pelisse
- "Sherry began pleating the long ribbon of her pelisse.
Examples
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Meg drew her cashmere shawl closer around her and wished she had brought a pelisse.
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You were wearing a pelisse over your gown.
Fiction book (1990) -
Phoebe carefully laid the pelisse on a chair, then edged cautiously toward the door.
Fiction book (1994) -
He flicked his eyes quickly up and down my person, taking in my old mulberry pelisse and hat.
Fiction book (1998) -
A wide-eyed Phoebe stood next to the tall chifforobe, clutching Temple's pelisse to her bosom.
Fiction book (1994) -
Her whole body, tall and thin, was like a matchstick, and her only garment was a worn and tattered chemise; round her bare shoulders was thrown an old woolen pelisse which might have fitted her two years ago but now came down only to her knees.
Fiction book (1991) -
You were wearing a pelisse over your gown.
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Her aunt, dressed in a dark red pelisse, strode into the breakfast room.
Synonyms
An old cloak worn over the shoulders for warmth
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pelisse comes from an old French word from Latin pellis meaning 'skin' or 'fur'. Think of the English word pelt, which also means an animal skin. A pelisse was originally a coat lined or trimmed with fur, so the origin explains why it is a fur-lined cloak.