Definition of "paletot" []

• A loose outer jacket, cloak, coat, overcoat, greatcoat, three-quarter coat. (noun)
• A women’s fitted jacket. (noun)

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• "Mirobolant strides about town of a summer afternoon, in outlandish attire reminiscent of Soyer's: his light green frock or paletot, his crimson velvet waistcoat with blue glass buttons, his pantalon"
• "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."
• "Huxter arose with great perturbation at this news, and plunged his stick into the pocket of his paletot, and seized his hat."