Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Taglioni \Tagl*io"ni\, n.
   A kind of outer coat, or overcoat; -- said to be so named
   after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers.

         He ought certainly to exchange his taglioni, or
         comfortable greatcoat, for a cuirass of steel. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.