Pelisse (noun)
Pel-ees
(historic) A woman’s ankle-length cloak with armholes or sleeves.
Early 18th century from French, from medieval Latin pellicia (vestis) ‘(garment) of fur’, from pellis ‘skin’.
Example sentences
“She wore the twilled silk perisse with pride.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
