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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 68 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PELISSE (through the Fr. from See also:Lat. pellicia: sc. vestis, a garment made of See also:fur, pellis, skin)  , properly a name of a cloak made of or lined with See also:fur, hence particularly used of the fur-trimmed " See also:dolman " worn slung from the shoulders by See also:hussar regiments . The word is now chiefly employed as the name of a See also:long-sleeved cloak of any material worn by See also:women and See also:children .

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