coat

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of clothing with long sleeves worn over other clothes to keep warm.

   Put on your coat; it's cold outside.

2. 2
   noun

   A layer of a substance such as paint covering a surface.

   The walls needed a fresh coat of paint.

3. 3
   noun

   The fur or hair covering an animal's body.

   The dog has a thick, shiny coat.

4. 4
   verb

   To cover a surface with a layer of something.

   She coated the cake with chocolate.

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat From Middle English cote, coate, cotte, from Old French cote, cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewd-, *gud- (“woolen clothes”). Cognate with Old High German kozza, kozzo (“woolen coat”) (German Kotze (“coarse woolen blanket; woolen cape”)), Middle Low German kot (“coat”), Middle Dutch cote (“coat”), Ancient Greek βεῦδος (beûdos, “woman's attire”).

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