pelisse

[ puh-lees ]

noun

1. an outer garment lined or trimmed with fur.
2. a woman's long cloak with slits for the arms.

pelisse

/ pɛˈliːs /

noun

1. a fur-trimmed cloak
2. a high-waisted loose coat, usually fur-trimmed, worn esp by women in the early 19th century

Word History and Origins

Origin of pelisse¹

1710–20; < French < Late Latin pellicia mantle, noun use of feminine of Latin pellicius of skin, derivative of pellis skin

Word History and Origins

Origin of pelisse¹

C18: via Old French from Medieval Latin pellicia cloak, from Latin pellis skin

Example Sentences

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

Exhibits will include the author's silk pelisse coat, her purse and sewing box.

From BBC

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

Ask any Russian, and they will of course tell you your pelisse goes over the left shoulder.

From BBC

Mrs. Briggs, for example, who is very short and stout, and wears a lavender bonnet and pelisse, and certainly will not walk far on the sand in those heels, is on her mettle now.

From Project Gutenberg