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.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
