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.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
