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

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