overclothesn.
/ˈəʊvəkləʊ(ð)z/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌkloʊ(ð)z/ With plural agreement. Outer garments.
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robesc1330
overclothing1425
out-clothing1496
shaping apparel1564
outside1600
out-garment1634
out-dressa1637
out-array1647
superinvestiture1681
overclothes1824
outer clothing1841
hap1868
outerwear1883
overwear1885
shaping clothes1894
outwear1935
1824 tr. in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 17 364/2 The following should be prohibited:—..ready-made dresses, under and over clothes, and all ornaments for wearing.
1851 J. W. Barber Hist. Coll. State of N.Y. 382 The Briton obviously imagined that Brown was a regular officer of the American army, whose regimentals were masked by clumsy overclothes.
1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xxii. 291 All over-clothes here were worn as if they were an inconvenience, a hampering necessity.
1982 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Dec. a22 The really tough question is whether to leave all those heavy overclothes in the closet or to get them out.
1997 Canberra Times (Nexis) 16 Nov. a31 In silk-weaving factories, where workers wear sterile overclothes, technology has replaced many of the old ways.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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