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paletôt

paletôt is the alternative spelling of paletot.

Meaning of paletot

Noun

paletot (plural paletots)

  1. (historical) A loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat.
    • [W]hen his services were not required at the House, in his usual favourite costume, namely, his light green frock or paletot …1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 24, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
  2. A women’s fitted jacket.
    • For morning fetes is worn with this dress a small white muslin paletot, without sleeves, split up the back, trimmed with two gauffred frills, edged with Valenciennes, and a narrow puffing, lined with satin ribbon.1870, The Ladies' Treasury and Treasury of Literature, page 93

Forms of paletôt

pluralpaletôts

Questions about paletôt

What is paletôt the alternative spelling of?
Paletôt is the alternative spelling of paletot.

Words near paletôt in the dictionary

  1. palettization
  2. palettize
  3. palettized
  4. palettizes
  5. palettizing
  6. paletôt
  7. paletôts
  8. paleways
  9. palewise
  10. Paley
  11. Paley's watch

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