coat
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coat/kəʊt/
▶noun
- 1 a full-length outer garment with sleeves.
■ a man's jacket.
- 2 an animal's covering of fur or hair.
- 3 an enclosing or covering layer or structure.
■ a single application of paint or similar material.
– derivatives
-coated adjective.
-coated adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. cote, of unknown origin.
'coat' also found in these Oxford entries:
achievement
- achkan
- addax
- Afghan coat
- annatto
- anodize
- badger
- berserk
- bharal
- bichon frise
- binturong
- blazon
- blesbok
- bloom
- blue roan
- bobcat
- bongo
- bontebok
- bordure
- borzoi
- boxer
- brown bear
- bushbuck
- cairn
- cape
- capote
- capsid
- car coat
- caryopsis
- cassock
- chital
- choroid
- chow
- civet
- coat armour
- coat check
- coat dress
- coatee
- coat of arms
- coat of mail
- coat-tail
- cocker spaniel
- copper
- cotta
- cottontail
- court card
- covert coat
- crest
- cutaway
