coat

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Peg closed her eyes, as she did when a child, while her lips moved in prayer Into the room through the window came a young man, his coat-collar turned up, rain pouring from his hat; inside his coat was a terrified-looking dog.

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  1. noun A sleeved outer garment extending from the shoulders to the waist or below.
  2. noun A garment extending to just below the waist and usually forming the top part of a suit.
  3. noun A natural outer covering, such as the fur of an animal; an integument.
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  • Peg closed her eyes, as she did when a child, while her lips moved in prayer Into the room through the window came a young man, his coat-collar turned up, rain pouring from his hat; inside his coat was a terrified-looking dog. —  Peg O' My Heart
  • So this coat is a friend and it always makes me better, but I've only worn it two or three times. —  WordPress.com News
  • But if your coat is a getting threadbare, this is a ... —  Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
  • Instead, the child will go outside, notice the temperature, then remember where his coat is and retrieve it.
  • Besides, the coat is also weather resistant, and hence remains set for hours outside. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

jacket ·  cloak ·  suit ·  hat ·  skirt ·  cloth ·  glove ·  blanket ·  bag ·  fur ·  belt ·  overcoat

Used in the same contextWord Family

coat:   coating ·  coats ·  coated

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  1. Middle English cote, from Old French, of Germanic origin.

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  1. Early modern English also cote; from Middle English cote, coote, cotte, from Old French cote, also cotte, French cotte = Provencal cota, cot = Catalan cot = Spanish Portuguese cota = Italian cotta, a coat, etc., = Middle High German kutte, German kutte (later Danish kutte), a cowl, from Middle Latin cota, cotta, also cottus, a tunic; of Teutonic origin: cf. Old Saxon cott = Old High German chozzo, chozza, Middle High German G. kotze, a coarse woolen mantle (cf. Old High German umbi-chuzzi, an overgarment, umbi-chuzzen, clothe), orig. ‘a cover’ or ‘shelter,’ being allied to English cot and cote, q. v. A similar transfer of sense from ‘house’ to ‘hood’ or ‘mantle’ is seen in cassock, casule, chasuble.
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