visiten.
/vɪˈziːt/ 1. A light cape or short sleeveless cloak worn by ladies.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > other
cowlc961
rocheta1325
dud1355
paenulaa1400
jornay1495
jornet1502
glaudkin1518
paludament1543
mantoon1623
mantoplicee1672
bavaroy1713
roquelaure1716
poncho1717
manteel1733
pelerine1744
mat1773
wrap-rascal1796
benish1797
nabob1803
scarf cloak1804
ruana1814
witzchoura1823
all-rounder1837
pardessus1843
visitec1847
tilma1851
talma1852
sontag1859
Inverness cape1865
dolman1872
Niçois1873
Mother Hubbard1877
c1847 J. S. Coyne How to settle Accts. with Laundress 4 I'll come in my blue visite and my native innocence.
1852 F. E. Smedley Lewis Arundel xxxvi. 303 A visite, of light blue glacé silk.
1864 Daily Tel. 1 July She wore a white dress with a black silk visite, and a white bonnet.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 May 4/2 We have a ‘visite’ without arms or any proper accommodation for those useful appendages.
2. Short for carte-de-visite n., in attributive use.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject
high key1849
carte1861
carte-de-visite1861
wedding group1861
vignette1862
studio portrait1869
press photograph1873
cameo-type1874
war picture1883
mug1887
panel1888
snapshot1890
visite1891
fuzz-type1893
stickyback1903
action photograph1904
action picture1904
scenic1913
still1916
passport photo1919
mosaic1920
press photo1923
oblique1925
action shot1927
passport photograph1927
profile shot1928
smudgea1931
glossy1931
photomontage1931
photomural1931
head shot1936
pin-up1943
mug shot1950
wedding photograph1956
wedding photo1966
full-frontal1970
photofit1970
split beaver1972
upskirt1994
selfie2002
1891 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 302 A stereoscope camera which can be used to make..24 visite negatives.
3. visite de digestion, a formal call paid in return for hospitality received.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > courtesy or duty
duty call1864
visite de digestion1908
courtesy visit1934
courtesy call1957
1908 Lady R. Churchill Reminisc. iii. 44 The writing of ceremonious notes, the leaving of cards, not to speak of visites de digestion, which even young men were supposed to pay, took up most afternoons.
1971 L. P. Hartley Mrs Carteret Receives 17 I thought it only civil to ask Madame Carteret if we could pay her a farewell visit, not a visite de digestion, but just an acknowledgment of her kindness.
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