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Coat

//koʊt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Coate. alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. countable

    "It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar."

  2. 2
    growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal wordnet
  3. 3
    A covering of material, such as paint. countable

    "fresh coat of paint"

  4. 4
    an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors wordnet
  5. 5
    The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin. countable

    "Near-synonym: pelt"

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  1. 6
    a thin layer covering something wordnet
  2. 7
    Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather). uncountable
  3. 8
    A petticoat. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "a child in coats"

  4. 9
    The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. countable, uncountable

    "Men of his coat should be minding their prayers."

  5. 10
    A coat of arms. countable, uncountable

    "Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat."

  6. 11
    A coat card. countable, uncountable

    "Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived."

Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with a coating of some material. transitive

    "The frying pan was coated with a layer of non-stick material, making it easier to wash."

  2. 2
    cover or provide with a coat wordnet
  3. 3
    To cover like a coat. transitive
  4. 4
    form a coat over wordnet
  5. 5
    To clothe. archaic, transitive
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  1. 6
    put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewd-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old High German kozza, kozzo (“woolen coat”) (German Kotze (“coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape”)), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Middle Dutch cote (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “woman's attire”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewd-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old High German kozza, kozzo (“woolen coat”) (German Kotze (“coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape”)), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Middle Dutch cote (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “woman's attire”).

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