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pelisse

UK/pəˈliːs/

pelisse noun: a fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.

Noun

pelisse (plural pelisses)

  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

pelisse meaning in Tamil

pelisse in Tamil

மனைப் புறச் சட்டை

Forms of pelisse

pluralpelisses

Origin of pelisse

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

Words that rhyme with pelisse

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Questions about pelisse

What does pelisse mean?
Pelisse means a fur-lined robe or cloak, especially as part of a uniform.
What is pelisse in Tamil?
Pelisse in Tamil is மனைப் புறச் சட்டை. See Pelisse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pelisse?
Pelisse is a noun.
How do you pronounce pelisse?
Pelisse is pronounced /pəˈliːs/ (UK).
What is the plural of pelisse?
The plural of pelisse is pelisses.

Words near pelisse in the dictionary

  1. Pelion
  2. Pelionic
  3. peliosanthoside
  4. peliosis
  5. peliosis hepatis
  6. pelisse
  7. Pelisser's toad-flax
  8. Pelisser's toadflax
  9. Pelissero
  10. pelisses
  11. Pelissier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pelisse (page history and authors); pelisse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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