Definitions for pelerine

pelerine pel·er·ine

Spelling: [pel-uh-reen, pel-er-in]
IPA: /ˌpɛl əˈrin, ˈpɛl ər ɪn/

Pelerine is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in pelerine (eeeilnpr).

Definitions for pelerine

noun

  1. a woman's cape of fur or cloth, usually waist-length in back with long descending ends in front.

Origin of pelerine

1735-45; French pèlerine, feminine of pèlerin pilgrim

Examples for pelerine

She borrowed minds and gestures as later she borrowed Grandma Buntain's pelerine and bonnet.

Your travelling-dress for summer should have a large cape or pelerine of the same.

pelerine, pel′ėr-in, n. a woman's tippet or cape with long ends coming down in front.

I bought a few trifles of her, this pelerine, only forty dollars, and this cheap bracelet for fifty.

She was next informed that she could not be presentable without a French pelerine of embroidered muslin.

There was likewise a considerable demur about a canezou and a pelerine, but eventually the latter carried the day.

Coiffure a fanchon remnant of pelerine blue, laced throughout and crossing at the belt.

A veil, a shawl, or a pelerine of white lace may be washed in this manner.

Word Value for pelerine
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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