单词 | matchcoat |
释义 | matchcoatn. U.S. Now chiefly historical. 1. A kind of coat formerly worn by North American Indians, originally made of furs, later of coarse woollen cloth (as supplied by white traders). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > made of specific material pallOE rug1591 matchcoat1612 abolla1700 kaross1731 buffalo-robe1804 posteen1815 korowai1820 izar1836 buffalo1840 thatch-cloak1844 parawai1847 kaitaka1882 muzhik1897 burka1898 suba1911 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 3 Matchcores, Skins, or garments. 1633 in Arch. Maryland (1887) IV. 30 1. old match coate. 1. latin pott. 1642 in Arch. Maryland (1887) IV. 94 2 rackoone matchcos and 15. armes length of ronoke. 1661 Stat. Virginia (1823) II. 36 He paying..for the use of those Indians thirty Matchcoats of two yards a peice. 1698 G. Thomas Hist. Acct. Pensilvania 10 I..have very good Shot, with red and blue Mach-cots. 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iii. i. 5 The proper Indian Match-coat, which is made of Skins, drest with the Fur on, sowed together... Fig. 2 wears the Duffield Match-coat bought of the English. 1748 C. Weiser Jrnl. 10 Sept. in R. G. Thwaites Early Western Trav. (1904) I. i. 32 A Stroud, a Blanket, a Match Coat, a Shirt. 1788 New London Mag. 115 A large mantle or match-coat, thrown over all, compleats their dress. 1814 Sporting Mag. 44 280 A matchicoat and leggins red. 1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 705/2 It is not surprising that the Indians, having parted with their hunting-ground, perhaps for an anker of brandy and a few Stroud-water blankets or match coats..should rue the sale as the years went on. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor iii. v. 556 The boarders were dressed almost identically in deerskin matchcoats and hats of beaver, raccoon or muskrat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > coarse or rough > for specific items of clothing matchcoat1685 Petersham1854 match-cloth1855 1685 Pennsylvania Arch. I. 94 Twenty Gunns Twenty fathom Matchcoat [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612 |
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