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Loose overcoat
Answer for the clue "Loose overcoat ", 7 letters:
paletot
Word definitions for paletot in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of paletot English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paletot \Pal"e*tot\, n. [F. paletot, OF. palletoc, prob. fr. L. palla (see Palla ) + F. toque cap, and so lit., a frock with a cap or hood; cf. Sp. paletoque.] An overcoat. --Dickens. A lady's outer garment, -- of varying fashion.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A Paletot is a French men's topcoat etymologically derived from the Middle English word paltok , meaning a kind of jacket. It is a semi-fitted to fitted coat with peaked lapels, a flat back and no belt. Its double-breasted 6×2 button arrangement has top ...
Usage examples of paletot.
He had given his arm to Madame Everset, his hostess, who had bundled up in a paletot and wrapped a scarf around her head, showing far more sense than most of the others present.
Every time that he passed the law-school, which rarely happened, he buttoned up his frock-coat, -- the paletot had not yet been invented, -- and took hygienic precautions.
Whenever he passed by the law-school, which rarely happened, he buttoned up his overcoat, the paletot was not yet invented, and he took hygienic precautions.
He stood tall above the crowd, with the high beaver top hat on his head and the three-quarter length paletot cloak flaring from his shoulders.