Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having or requiring three coats.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Arch.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat.

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Examples

  • It is a one, two, or a three-coat day, according to temperature.

    Round the World Andrew Carnegie 1877

  • You might try clear varnish, but I would prefer a traditional three-coat oil-based paint system - primer, undercoat and gloss.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • The styling enhancements to the compact crossover's exterior are limited to the reworked front grille, the chrome detailing on the door handles and a fresh design for the 18-inch alloy wheels, plus the availability of six new colors including a Brilliant White Pearl three-coat pearl paint finish.

    Carscoop 2010

  • The styling enhancements to the compact crossover's exterior are limited to the reworked front grille, the chrome detailing on the door handles and a fresh design for the 18-inch alloy wheels, plus the availability of six new colors including a Brilliant White Pearl three-coat pearl paint finish.

    Carscoop 2010

  • He did a three-coat job: a primer coat, a split coat and a finish coat.

    Inman News - The first word in real estate. 2010

  • For the University of Illinois College of Business, Wausau's aluminum framing material was finished by Linetec in three-coat, 70 percent fluropolymer, Bone White paint for a consistent, long-lasting finish.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The styling enhancements to the compact crossover's exterior are limited to the reworked front grille, the chrome detailing on the door handles and a fresh design for the 18-inch alloy wheels, plus the availability of six new colors including a Brilliant White Pearl three-coat pearl paint finish.

    Carscoop 2010

  • The original plans for the bridge included sand blasting the structure and a three-coat painting system, but bids for the work came in higher than the grant amount.

    Local News from Gadsden Times 2010

  • White and variations like white pearl, a three-coat painting process, are the most popular vehicle color choices in the U.S., according to DuPont Automotive Color Popularity Report.

    unknown title 2009

  • White and variations like white pearl, a three-coat painting process, are the most popular vehicle color choices in the U.S., according to DuPont Automotive Color Popularity Report.

    unknown title 2009

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