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pelisses

pelisses is the plural of pelisse.

Meaning of pelisse

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
  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

Questions about pelisses

What is pelisses the plural of?
Pelisses is the plural of pelisse.

Words near pelisses in the dictionary

  1. peliosis hepatis
  2. pelisse
  3. Pelisser's toad-flax
  4. Pelisser's toadflax
  5. Pelissero
  6. pelisses
  7. Pelissier
  8. Pelissiers
  9. pelite
  10. pelites
  11. pelitic

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