pelerine
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pelerine
- /ˈpɛ.ləˌɹiːn/ UK
- /pɛ.ləˈɹin/ US
Rhymes with -ɛləɹiːn, -iːn
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pèlerine, feminine of pèlerin (“pilgrim”), from Late Latin pelegrīnus. First attested in 1744.
noun pelerines
- A kind of short cape or covering for the shoulders, associated especially with medieval pilgrims (of any gender). […] 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[…]
- A woman's tippet or cape with long ends coming down in front. 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 wome
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Talk about this word "pelerine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pelerine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pelerine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pelerine "pelerine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pelerine.Cite this
@misc{pelerine_2026,
title = {pelerine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pelerine},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
