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plural pelerines
A kind of short cape or covering for the shoulders, associated especially with medieval pilgrims (of any gender). quotations examples
[…] 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 […]
2021 November 16, Clark Gillian, The Enchanted Deer and the Dreams of the Fool, Brave New Books
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 […]
2004 09, Julie D'Arcy, Silverdawn, Mundania Press, page 17
A woman's tippet or cape with long ends coming down in front. examples