‖ pelisson Obs.
In 5 pely-, pellycon.
[OF. pelisson, in 14th c. pelicon ({cced}) ‘a furd petticoat or frocke’ (Cotgr.), AF. pellicoun, in med.L. pellicion-em, It. pelliccione ‘a great furred gown’ (Florio), med.L. pelliciōn-em, deriv. of pellicia pelisse.]
A furred gown; = pelisse 1.
| 1491 Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xxxvii. 43 b, His clothynge was oonly of a sacke, and a mantell of pellycon. Ibid. 50 His Frocke, his Pelycon and his Gospellis. [1876 J. R. Planché Cycl. Costume I. 391 King John orders a grey pelisson with nine bars of fur to be made for the queen.] |