Coat /(kōt; 110)/

Coat

n.
  1. An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.
    Let each His adamantine coat gird well.
  2. A petticoat. [Obs.]
  3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
    Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
    She was sought by spirits of richest coat.
  4. An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
    Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
  5. A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.
  6. Same as Coat of arms. See below.
    Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England's coat.
  7. A coat card. See below. [Obs.]
    Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.

Phrases & Compounds
Coat armor
See under Armor.
Coat of arms
a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together.
Coat card
a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards.
Coat link
a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat.
Coat of mail
a defensive garment of chain mail.
Mast coat
a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below.
Sail coat
a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean.

Coat

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Coated; p. pr. & vb. n. Coating

  1. To cover with a coat or outer garment.
  2. To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.