pelisse
Americannoun
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an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
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a woman's long cloak with slits for the arms.
noun
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a fur-trimmed cloak
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a high-waisted loose coat, usually fur-trimmed, worn esp by women in the early 19th century
Etymology
Origin of pelisse
1710–20; < French < Late Latin pellicia mantle, noun use of feminine of Latin pellicius of skin, derivative of pellis skin
Example Sentences
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The soldier wears a fur pelisse and holds a cymbal, which meant he was very likely to have belonged to a cavalry regiment, Ms Lavelle said.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025
A photograph from that time shows him proudly wearing his uniform, with its heavily tasselled pelisse, mostly unchanged since the Napoleonic Wars, and later favored by Jimi Hendrix.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019
The pelisse illustrates how Romantic-era styles incorporated elements drawn not only from the medieval period but from five centuries of European fashion.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2016
The lure of the bygone is represented at the start, where Thomas Cole’s 1838 painting “The Past” is paired with an 1820s golden silk pelisse, or coatdress.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2016
Seraphitus threw off the sable-lined pelisse, wrapped it about him, and was asleep.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
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