pelerine

Noun

pelerine (plural pelerines)

1. A kind of short cape or covering for the shoulders, associated especially with medieval pilgrims (of any gender).
   • […] Around his shoulders, he wore a thick gray pelerine. This was the custom of the knights of the Kingdom of the Spears, the land of the beaches and the chalk cliffs with great castles[…]2021 November 16, Clark Gillian, The Enchanted Deer and the Dreams of the Fool, Brave New Books, →ISBN
   • Beneath the pale light crouched an ancient white-haited man, wrapped against the rain in a threadbare maroon pelerine. “Alms, sire,” he croaked, his eyes wide and fearful, his face lean and hungry. He was so thin […]2004 09, Julie D'Arcy, Silverdawn, Mundania Press, →ISBN, page 17
2. A woman's tippet or cape with long ends coming down in front.
   • Pilgrims, male or female, wore gowns […] A hood was usually added, but even if that were omitted, the pilgrim wore a shoulder-cape, a custom so universal that this type of cape came to be called a "pelerine," a name still used in the nineteenth century to describe the short capes fashionable in...[1935, Lucy Barton, Historic Costume for the Stage, Baker's Plays, page 138