pelisse

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French pelice (modern French pelisse), from Late Latin pellicia, from Latin pellis (skin), from Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, skin). Doublet of pilch.

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pelisse (plural pelisses)

  1. A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform. [from 18th c.]
  2. (now historical) A long cloak formerly worn by women, with a shoulder cape or hood, often lined or trimmed with fur. [from 18th c.]
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. [], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, [], →OCLC, pages 256-257:
      The mother was crimson in countenance and pelisse, and her ample dimensions spoke years of peace and plenteousness.
    • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
      Mrs. Wix, after Miss Overmore's last demonstration, addressed herself wholly to the little girl [] , drawing from the pocket of her dingy old pelisse a small flat parcel []
  3. (now rare) An overgarment worn by children when outside. [from 19th c.]
    • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 11, in Vanity Fair [], London: Bradbury and Evans [], published 1848, →OCLC:
      Crawley is made to put on the brightest pea-green in her wardrobe, and my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.

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Noun

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pelisse f (plural pelisses)

  1. pelisse

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