The Collaborative International Dictionary
Visite \Vi*site"\, n. [F. See Visit, n.] A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in summer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace formerly worn by woman in summer.
Wikipedia
A visite is a specific type of woman's outer garment similar to a mantle or wrap. It was particularly popular in the late 19th century, being specifically designed to accommodate the then fashionable bustle. The visite replaced the huge shawls that had previously been worn over large crinoline skirts, combining shawl and coat elements, and was even on occasion made using shawls that were valuable but no longer fashionable.
Usage examples of "visite".
Elle serait arrivee le lendemain de la visite de ma fille ici, il en eut ete sans doute autrement.
Dopo undici visite così, avendo intuito che le ricerche alla Missione si stavano avvicinando a una conclusione, aveva aumentato la frequenza dei suoi arrivi, per essere accolto ogni volta con minor entusiasmo.
Magazines wanted the war pictures as the factual basis for their engravings, although everyone else with money to spend on images wanted little portraits on cartes de visite.
The competition to sell cartes de visite was keen, but Brady was preeminent in the field coverage of the war.
The boom in cartes de visite had not ended, but thousands of photographers around the country were turning them out more cheaply than Brady.
After a few moments, Brady walked upstairs to the third floor, the finishing and mounting rooms, where the women touched up the photographs and operated the presses that sealed the bond between images and backings of cartes de visite.
I have to wheedle with Stanton and show him how it helps make military maps, and I have to turn out these damned cartes de visite to make ends meet, and I have to fight with my own assistants to stick together and to use this war to launch the great new art" "You're getting all worked up, Mathew.
The cartes de visite came out from their box, and Chess watched the weather with special interest.
I said in my most solemn voice as I pocketed one of her cartes de visite.
Dopo qualche giorno di fama, la conca cadde nel dimenticatoio collettivo e fu restituita alle solitàrie visite di William.