单词 | overcoat |
释义 | overcoatn. 1. a. A long, usually warm coat, esp. as worn by a man.Crombie, Inverness, Raglan, Ulster overcoat, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat greatcoat1647 out-coat1684 wide coat1698 big coat1720 overcoat1802 trusty1804 jemmy1836 reefer1870 bridge coat1915 orchestration1939 lead sheet1942 1802 Monthly Mag. 14 325/1 [He] presented to the king of Spain a very light and thin over-coat, which rain could not penetrate. 1848 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Overcoat, a greatcoat or topcoat. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxv. 213 Saddles, bridles, several sorts of harness, riding-whips, overcoats, and various articles of clothing. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 16 The only argument available with an east wind is to put on an overcoat. 1907 St. Nicholas June 700/1 You know a thief..stole papa's winter overcoat. 1958 M. Kelly Christmas Egg i. 9 He put his hands in his overcoat pockets. 1991 B. E. Ellis Amer. Psycho i. 8 I shiver and hand her my black wool Giorgio Armani overcoat and she takes it from me. b. figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ 1860 M. Reid Odd People 136 Not contented with being tatooed, these also paint their bodies, by way of ‘overcoat’. 1894 Daily News 17 Jan. 3/1 The Russian bears have magnificent overcoats. a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 32 Supper of onions boiled in their overcoats and broth of spuds and baconrind and leeks and bones. 1969 Times 15 Nov. p. vi/7 Felco secateurs are exceedingly popular... Their model..has one handle with a plastic ‘overcoat’ which rotates as you squeeze the handles together. 1993 J. Barnes Flaubert's Parrot 136 Form isn't an overcoat flung over the flesh of thought..it's the flesh of thought itself. c. slang (originally U.S.). A coffin (usually with reference to a violent death). Frequently with modifying word, as concrete overcoat, wooden overcoat, etc.Chicago overcoat, pine overcoat: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin chestc890 througheOE tombc1300 cofferc1381 kista1400 coffin1525 box1614 sandapile1623 wooden doublet1761 pillbox1789 casket1849 wooden surtout1864 pine overcoat1890 overcoat1904 wooden kimono1926 pine drape1945 wooden suit1968 1904 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. iii. 362/2 Wooden-overcoat (or -surtout),..a coffin. 1940 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches xix. 486 Your wooden overcoat won't have any pockets. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §117/16 Be buried,..be measured for a new overcoat. 1972 K. Bonfiglioli Don't point that Thing at Me xvii. 147 He..had to get us to ground of his own choosing before he could fit us for cement overcoats. 1993 Empire Aug. 38/2 Aiden..has a three-day plan; repay two grand he owes his pornographer boss or else find himself trying on a concrete overcoat. 2. An outer or finishing layer, esp. a protective one; a topcoat. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > [noun] > painting > coat of paint > specific coats first coat?1600 overcoating1855 undercoat1873 base coat1907 undercoating1922 guide coat1930 overpaint1944 wash coat1951 overcoat1959 1959 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 49 509/1 An opaque overcoat is generally applied on thin Luxorb coats to permit use of thinner coats to secure complete absorption of light. 1966 Random House Dict. Eng. Lang. Overcoat,..an added coating, as of paint, applied for protection. 1992 Better Roads Nov. 24/1 The overcoat system is the process of applying a surface-tolerant coating to a minimally-prepared surface and existing layer of a lead-containing coating. 3. A person who (habitually) wears an overcoat; one who is typified by this.In quot. 1986, a bodyguard, a ‘heavy’; in quot. 1993, a member of the plain-clothes police. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing other clothing > one who Court-mantlec1367 Sunday citizen1598 longcoat1603 lettice ruffa1625 silkworma1625 copester1637 short-coat1649 Scotch-sleeve?1706 Evite1713 uniform1786 nude1810 blue-stockinged1818 waistcoateer1825 padder1828 stook of duds1834 bloomer1851 sleeve1851 shirt1860 shirtwaister1900 DJ1926 rat-catcher1928 sweater girl1940 zoot-suiter1942 Edwardian1954 penguin1967 overcoat1969 1969 M. Frayn Towards End of Morning 168 With great discretion, the overcoats in the front pews blew their noses. 1986 T. Barling Smoke ii. 68 ‘There's a red-headed face minding him. Vic called him Limehouse between groans.’ ‘One of Troy's overcoats.’ 1993 M. Atwood Robber Bride lv. 451 According to the overcoats, there have been more and more overdoses like that; someone is flooding the market with high-octane product. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overcoatv. transitive. To provide with a coating or outer layer, esp. a protective one; to apply a topcoat to (a surface). Cf. overcoat n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > coat or cover with a layer [verb (transitive)] lay?a1366 overlaya1400 coverc1400 sheeta1616 glidder1631 candy1639 face1648 to do over1700 coat1753 candify1777 bed1839 to lay down1839 overcoat1861 1861 Rep. Secretary of War (U.S. War Dept.) 153 The rocky walls were found to be overcoated with a light, shaly conglomerate of a cemented texture, and containing imbedded in a calcareous matrix coarse sand and gravel. 1928 Plastering Craft 15 Jan. 11/2 Other buildings should be remodeled or ‘overcoated’ with white Portland cement stucco. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 15 Apr. 6/3 The NYA building, supposedly an emergency type, prefabricated building, is so constructed that it can be over coated with brick sometime in the future to harmonize with the university's architectural style. 1992 Do it Yourself (BNC) July 52 Both can be overcoated with ordinary paint. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1802v.1861 |
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