Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To pilfer.
  • noun A coat , worn for warmth.
  • noun A flannel cloth for an infant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
  • noun archaic a covering put over an infant's diaper to prevent outer clothes from getting wet

Etymologies

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Anglo-Saxon pylce, pylece, Latin pellicia. See pelisse, and pelt skin.

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