becoated

Adjective

becoated (not comparable)

1. Synonym of coated (“wearing a coat”).
   • Just as the trio had sunk into their first forgetfulness, they were awakened by the sudden stoppage of the vehicle, a light at the door of an inn, and a party of rough discordant voices, bidding, however, a cordial farewell to a large, becoated, and ominous-looking stranger, who, in a broad...1839 October 20, “Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, […]”, in The Charter, number 39, London, section “A Stage Coach Adventure”, page 618, column 2
   • Brothers mine, leave that sort of thing to the scented and vacuous dandies—the becoated and becollared tailors’ blocks who frequent such scenes, and whose loftiest ambition is to ogle the girls and obtain the reputation of a lady-killer.1865 April 10, “Correspondence”, in The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent, volume XLVI, number 3276, page 2, column 7

   Synonyms:

   coated