coat

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a thin layer covering something

   a second coat of paint

2. 2
   verb

   to cover or provide with a coat

   I coated the wood with a protective wax.

3. 3
   verb

   to form a coat over

   Dirt had coated their face.

4. 4
   noun

   An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

   It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

5. 5
   noun

   A covering of material, such as paint.

   fresh coat of paint

6. 6
   noun

   The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.

   Near-synonym: pelt

7. 7
   noun

   A petticoat.

   a child in coats

8. 8
   noun

   The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

   Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.

Etymology

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”).