Pelisse
[pe'li:s]
Definition
(n.) An outer garment for men or women, originally of fur, or lined with fur; a lady's outer garment, made of silk or other fabric.
Checker: Sheena
Definition
n. a cloak of silk or other cloth with sleeves worn by ladies: a garment lined with fur a dragoon's jacket with shaggy lining.
Typist: Montague
Examples
- I hurried on my pelisse, and went down to join her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Once he spoiled a new dove-coloured pelisse of hers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A tall, bony woman--straight all the way down--in a coarse, blue pelisse, with the waist an inch or two below her arm-pits, responded to the call. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The back of our carriage was drawn up, and I hung a pelisse before it, thus to curtain the beloved sufferer from the pelting sleet. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typed by Beryl