Definitions for pelerines

pelerines pel·er·ine

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

Pelerines is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 335 anagrams from letters in pelerines (eeeilnprs).

Definitions for pelerines

noun

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

Origin of pelerines

1735-45; French pèlerine, feminine of pèlerin pilgrim

Examples for pelerines

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for pelerines
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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