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plural josephs
(sometimes capitalised) A woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century with a long cape and buttons running down the front. quotations examples
Some women, I grant, would not appear to advantage seated on a pillion, and attired in a drab joseph and a drab beaver-bonnet . . travelling on pillions in snowy weather was unpleasant, though a joseph was a great protection . . these ladies were so taken by surprise at finding such a lovely face and figure in an out-of-the-way country place, that they began to feel some curiosity about the dress she would put on when she took off her joseph
1861, George Eliot, “Chapter 11”, in Silas Marner