Coat
Coat (kōt; 110) , noun
[Old French cote, French cotte, petticoat, cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail, Late Latin cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; compare Old High German chozzo coarse mantle, German klotze, Dutch kot, hut, English cot. Compare Cot a hut.]
1.
An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.
Let each
His adamantine coat gird well.
2.
A petticoat. [Obsolete]
A child in coats.
3.
The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
She was sought by spirits of richest coat.
4.
An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
Fruit of all kinds, in coat
Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
5.
A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.
6.
Same as Coat of arms. See below.
Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight,
Or tear the lions out of England's coat.
7.
A coat card. See below. [Obsolete]
Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.
Collocations (7)
Coat armor , See under Armor.
Coat of arms (Heraldry) , a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together.
Coat card , a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. ‘I am a coat card indeed.' ‘Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'
Coat link , a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat.
Coat of mail , a defensive garment of chain mail.
Mast coat (Nautical) , a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below.
Sail coat (Nautical) , a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean.
Coat (kōt) , transitive verb
1.
To cover with a coat or outer garment.
2.
To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.