coats

Noun

coat (countable and uncountable, plural coats)

1. (countable) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
   • 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.1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01
2. (countable) A covering of material, such as paint.
   • fresh coat of paint
3. (countable) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
   • Near-synonym: pelt

   Synonyms:

   pelt

4. (uncountable) 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).
5. (obsolete) A petticoat.
   • a child in coats1693, [John Locke], “§148”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC
6. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
   • Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.1729, Jonathan Swift, The Grand Question Debated of Hamilton's Bawn

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