greatcoat

English

Etymology

From great +‎ coat.

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Noun

greatcoat (plural greatcoats)

  1. A heavy overcoat.
    Synonyms: watchcoat, carrick
    Hypernyms: overcoat < coat < garment
    Hyponym: ulster
    • 1864 January, John Strang, Glasgow and Its Clubs: Or Glimpses of the Condition, Manners, Characters, and Oddities of the City, During the Past and Present Centuries‎[1], page 337:
      The members quietly rose from the board and took their hats from the hat-pins, and the geggee took down his greatcoat, and, with the most satisfied air possible, buttoned it across his breast.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: cóta mór (calque)
  • → Manx: cooat mooar (calque)
  • → Scottish Gaelic: còta-mòr (calque)

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