a full-length frock-coat, with a wide collar, worn by women in the early 19th cent.
If I thought it would not tempt her to go out in sharp winds and grow coarse, I would send her a new hat and pelisse — Jane Austen
a long cloak or coat made, lined, or trimmed with fur; esp one formerly part of a hussar's uniform
[French pelisse from late Latin pellicia of fur, from Latin pellis skin]