Pelisse
PELISSE (through the Fr. from Lat. pellicia: sc. veslis, a garment made of fur, pellis, skin), properly a name of a cloak made of or lined with fur, hence particularly used of the furtrimmed " dolman " worn slung from the shoulders by hussar regiments. The word is now chiefly employed as the name of a long-sleeved cloak of any material worn by women and children.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
