pelerine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French pèlerine, feminine of pèlerin (“pilgrim”), from Late Latin pelegrīnus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelerine (plural pelerines)
- A kind of short cape or covering for the shoulders, associated especially with medieval pilgrims (of any gender).
- 2021 November 16, Clark Gillian, The Enchanted Deer and the Dreams of the Fool, Brave New Books, →ISBN:
- […] Around his shoulders, he wore a thick gray pelerine. This was the custom of the knights of the Kingdom of the Spears, the land of the beaches and the chalk cliffs with great castles […]
- 2004 09, Julie D'Arcy, Silverdawn, Mundania Press, →ISBN, page 17:
- Beneath the pale light crouched an ancient white-haited man, wrapped against the rain in a threadbare maroon pelerine. “Alms, sire,” he croaked, his eyes wide and fearful, his face lean and hungry. He was so thin […]
- A woman's tippet or cape with long ends coming down in front.
Translations[edit]
woman's tippet
Further reading[edit]
- 1935, Lucy Barton, Historic Costume for the Stage, Baker's Plays, page 138:
- Pilgrims, male or female, wore gowns […] A hood was usually added, but even if that were omitted, the pilgrim wore a shoulder-cape, a custom so universal that this type of cape came to be called a "pelerine," a name still used in the nineteenth century to describe the short capes fashionable in women's dress.