Overcoat
['əʊvəkəʊt] or ['ovɚkot]
Definition
(noun.) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish).
Checked by Jerome--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.
Typist: Mag
Definition
n. an outdoor coat worn over all the other dress a top-coat.—n. O′vercoating cloth from which such is made.
Edited by Henry
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of an overcoat, denotes you will suffer from contrariness, exhibited by others. To borrow one, foretells you will be unfortunate through mistakes made by strangers. If you see or are wearing a handsome new overcoat, you will be exceedingly fortunate in realizing your wishes.
Editor: Nolan
Examples
- A footman opened the door, and a small, stout man in a shaggy astrakhan overcoat descended. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I thank you, said the young man, rising and pulling on his overcoat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The gentleman in the chocolate overcoat, or the little gentleman? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I _do_ run a risk, but-- he threw open his overcoat, and showed two pistols and a bowie-knife. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In that case the overcoat was not blown against the furze-bush, but placed there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The purser was accused of stealing an overcoat from stateroom No. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He pushed his collar and tie into his overcoat pocket. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I'm in a devil of a hurry, and shall want to know, as soon as possible, what I may depend on, said he, rising and putting on his overcoat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- After a little conversation, he asked me if I had seen that overcoat of Stephens's. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And, putting on his overcoat, he left her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The one thing he had not counted on, in entering Madame Olenska's hall, was to find hats and overcoats there. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Expecting to be back in their tents by that time and to be engaged in battle while out, they took with them neither overcoats nor blankets. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And we, my poor Watson, want overcoats and cravats and goloshes, and every aid that man ever invented to fight the weather. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the march over from Fort Henry numbers of the men had thrown away their blankets and overcoats. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Editor: Stacy