Definition of "visite" []

• A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace formerly worn by women in summer. (noun)

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• "The sun was setting when I stood in front of my mirror on my return, and laid aside bonnet and mantle (we called it a "visite")."
• "As much of his story as I know is set out in the long inscription on their splendid headstone, and for understandable reasons Aunt Jean, who throughout her life kept in touch with the Macklin family in England, held onto this charming carte de visite photograph."
• "Français · Chine - Taïwan: La visite du dalaï-lama ne peut échapper à la politique"