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pelisse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pəˈliːs/ (UK)
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Etymology

Borrowed from French pelisse, from Late Latin pellicia, from Latin pellis (“skin”). Doublet of pilch.

Meanings

1. A fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.
2. (historical) A long cloak formerly worn by women, with a shoulder cape or hood, often lined or trimmed with fur.
   • The mother was crimson in countenance and pelisse, and her ample dimensions spoke years of peace and plenteousness. 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:
   • 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 […] 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
3. (archaic) An overgarment worn by children when outside.
   • 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. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 11, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

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Translations (4)

ca pellissa (fur-lined robe, esp. as part of a uniform) · gd peliosaidh (fur-lined robe, esp. as part of a uniform) · pl mentyk (fur-lined robe, esp. as part of a uniform) · ru ме́нтик (fur-lined robe, esp. as part of a uniform)