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tippet

noun

Definition of tippet

as in pelisse

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Recent Examples of tippet That is a tiny lure with a narrow eyelet that rebuffs multiple attempts to thread tippet that's as fine as spider web silk. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026 The second reason for tippets is to accommodate different sizes of flies. — Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 Understanding tippet weight and learning knots can be overwhelming. — Francesca Krempa, Outside, 23 Dec. 2025 Line class, tippet class, and length records for Florida-strain fish will still be eligible for records in the largemouth bass category. — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 19 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for tippet

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Noun

Rather than betray alienation, her surviving correspondence—mostly to Cassandra—talks of fabrics, caps and pelisses (a type of woman’s cloak); social calls, dinners, and balls; the weather; her mother’s health; and people—often dozens of names.

— Robert Garnett, WSJ, 14 July 2017

Definition of pelisse

Noun

Some of the women had their hair covered in lace mantillas, an old Catholic custom.

— Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
One of the hallmarks of its origins is a tile work from 1928 by Ernest Batcheler, an American artist of Dutch descent, that portrays a Spanish woman wearing a pink traditional Sevilla dress with frills, a shawl with fringe and a headpiece known as a mantilla.

— Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026

Definition of mantilla

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Pamela also wore Oscar de la Renta — a custom mustard brocade dress with a small cape — and Dylan sported a custom groom’s look by Genuardi.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
No category of paraphernalia was more popular than Lionel Messi gear-- from jerseys, to jumbo foam Messi heads to at least one cape depicting the Argentinian player as a saint.

— Matias Ocner, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026

Definition of cape

Noun

The resident Manta Trust team has catalogued 150 individual rays and uses the world's first underwater contactless ultrasound scanner to check on pregnant mantas, while the Olive Ridley Project leads turtle research across Laamu Atoll.

— Jonny Bierman, Time, 12 Mar. 2026
Watching a documentary about mantas, reef sharks, or this area is one thing.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Mar. 2026

Definition of manta

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Try looking for a shape that's less poncho-y and more trench-esque—that is, with a collar and separate sleeves.

— Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 29 June 2026
On the touchline, Iraq’s manager Graham Arnold put a poncho on — but changed his mind after just 12 seconds, choosing to remain in his suit.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 27 June 2026

Definition of poncho

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The palatine tonsils are the ones seen at the back of the throat.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
During the Thirty Years’ War, military enterprisers included such figures as Ernst von Mansfeld, who raised an army for the elector palatine, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, who offered his services to Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman emperor.

— Allison Stanger, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015

Definition of palatine

Noun

For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.

— Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2020
On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.

— Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 30 Mar. 2015

Definition of burnoose

Noun

Wear it over jeans or a coat for a waist-defining moment; knotted over your shoulder as a capelet, or loose for undone elegance.

— Talia Abbas, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2026
Alternatively, consider adding drama to your look with a capelet, a major trend among New York Fashion Week attendees.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of capelet

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