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oilcoat

oilcoat noun: an oilskin coat.

Noun

oilcoat (plural oilcoats)

  1. An oilskin coat.
    • Prepared for the rain with rubber boots and oilcoats, we pulled towards the head of the bay, before the wind and on a flowing tide, […]1913, William S. Thomas, Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland

Forms of oilcoat

pluraloilcoats

Origin of oilcoat

From oil + coat.

Questions about oilcoat

What does oilcoat mean?
Oilcoat means an oilskin coat.
What part of speech is oilcoat?
Oilcoat is a noun.
What is the plural of oilcoat?
The plural of oilcoat is oilcoats.

Words near oilcoat in the dictionary

  1. oilcanning
  2. oilcans
  3. oilcloth
  4. oilclothed
  5. oilcloths
  6. oilcoat
  7. oilcoats
  8. oilcrop
  9. oilcrops
  10. oilcup
  11. oilcups

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