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Cape vs Pelisse - What's the difference?

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Cape is a related term of pelisse.


As nouns the difference between cape and pelisse

is that cape is hard earth layer (while digging) while pelisse is a fur-lined or fur robe or gown, especially as part of a uniform.

cape

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) cap, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
    • Synonyms
    * chersonese * peninsula * point

    Etymology 2

    (wikipedia cape) (etyl) capa, from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips.
  • *
    • Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
    See also
    * cloak

    Verb

    (cap)
  • (nautical) To head or point; to keep a course.
    • The ship capes southwest by south.
  • (obsolete) To gape.
    • (Chaucer)
  • To skin an animal, particularly a deer.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    pelisse

    English

    (wikipedia pelisse)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A fur-lined or fur robe or gown, especially as part of a uniform.
  • (historical) A silk gown formerly worn by women, often lined or trimmed with fur.
  • *1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
  • *:Mrs. Wix, after Miss Overmore's last demonstration, addressed herself wholly to the little girl [...], drawing from the pocket of her dingy old pelisse a small flat parcel [...].
  • An overgarment worn by Victorian children when outside.
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