overcoatingn.1
/ˈəʊvəˌkəʊtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌkoʊdɪŋ/ The action of overcoat v. Also: an outer or finishing layer; = overcoat n. 2.
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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
1855 E. Bowen Rambles in Path Steam-horse 229 See how the overcoating of husks is thrown off; look, at the piles of golden corn rising higher and higher in the moonlight.
1897 Cent. Mag. Sept. 687/2 The low sky trailed on roofs, and drops of humidity began at once to dim her mail like an overcoating of minute beads.
1928 Plastering Craft 15 Jan. 11 (caption) Remodeling or ‘overcoating’ with white Portland cement stucco.
1949 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Apr. 13/2 Such a house lacked ‘extras’, of ‘overcoating’ with a brick veneer, the addition of a side or a front porch, or an oversize lot.
2001 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 2 Oct. 3 Outstanding issues to be resolved..include whether the prohibition should mandate complete removal of organotins, or whether it will permit overcoating.
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overcoatingn.2
/ˈəʊvəˌkəʊtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌkoʊdɪŋ/ Material used for making overcoats.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for coats, cloaks, or shawls
coating1802
shawlingc1806
Petersham1812
cloaking1840
frocking1864
overcoating1865
ulstering1888
pink1889
mantling1893
covert cloth1895
coat-facing1900
covert coating1900
bluey1934
1865 Sci. Amer. 25 Mar. 195/2 ‘King’ teasels are used on heavy coarse cloths for overcoating and blankets.
c1900 in Amer. Mail Order Fashions (1961) 25 The fabric is a regular overcoating Vicuna... A firm but soft finished overcoating in one of the new shades.
1948 Hansard Commons 16 Mar. (Written Answers) 224 We have stipulated that half of the Italian supplies should be in men's suitings and overcoatings.
1967 Times Rev. Industry Apr. 53/3 J. and J. Crombie is to make 96,000 yards of overcoating, worth more than £250,000, for the Soviet Union.
1998 Daily Tel. 3 Aug. 21/2 During the First World War, it supplied Officers' Warm overcoating, and during the Second..cloth was supplied to all three services.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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