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pelisse
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thumb|250px|right|upright| Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry|Charles Stewart, in [[hussar uniform with a military pelisse slung over the shoulder, 1812 portrait by Thomas Lawrence]]
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thumb|250px|right|upright| Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry|Charles Stewart, in [[hussar uniform with a military pelisse slung over the shoulder, 1812 portrait by Thomas Lawrence]]
A pelisse was originally a short fur-trimmed jacket which hussar light-cavalry soldiers from the 17th century onwards usually wore hanging loose over the left shoulder, ostensibly to prevent sword cuts. The name also came to refer to a fashionable style of woman's coat-like garment worn in the early-19th century.
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