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surtout

/sɜːˈtuː(t)/

surtout noun: a man's overcoat; a close-bodied frock coat.

Noun

surtout (plural surtouts)

  1. A man's overcoat; a close-bodied frock coat.
    • Yes, I was right: it was Mr. Brocklehurst, buttoned up in a surtout, and looking longer, narrower, and more rigid than ever.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter VII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 109
    • The house had been new painted, and smelt of varnish and turpentine, and a large streak of white paint inflicted itself on the back of the old boy’s fur-collared surtout.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 68, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
  2. A raised portion of the parapet of a work at the angles, to protect from enfilade fire.

surtout meaning in Tamil

surtout in Tamil

புறமேற்சட்டை

Forms of surtout

pluralsurtouts

Origin of surtout

From French surtout.

Words formed from surtout

Words that rhyme with surtout

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Questions about surtout

What does surtout mean?
Surtout means a man's overcoat; a close-bodied frock coat.
What is surtout in Tamil?
Surtout in Tamil is புறமேற்சட்டை. See Surtout meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is surtout?
Surtout is a noun.
How do you pronounce surtout?
Surtout is pronounced /sɜːˈtuː(t)/ (UK).
What is the plural of surtout?
The plural of surtout is surtouts.

Words near surtout in the dictionary

  1. surtitled
  2. surtitles
  3. surtitling
  4. surtop
  5. surtopped
  6. surtout
  7. surtouted
  8. surtouts
  9. Surtsey
  10. Surtseyan
  11. Surtur

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Adapted from Wiktionary: surtout (page history and authors); surtout (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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