ponchoedadj.
/ˈpɒn(t)ʃəʊd/, U.S. /ˈpɑnˌ(t)ʃoʊd/ Wearing a poncho.
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1865 H. W. Baxley What I saw on West Coast S. & N. Amer. 225 Two oxen are..banged incessantly by a ponchoed peon with a long pole.
1868 R. F. Burton Let. 17 Oct. in Lett. from Battle-fields of Paraguay (1870) vii. 202 He leads his thick red line of ponchoed men to victory.
1901 M. Conway Bolivian Andes xxv. 289 The sun shining on this field of ponchoed natives.
1994 Origins Autumn 36/2 One such shot looks down onto a rain-swept street showing a horde of ponchoed Chinese hurrying along on their bicycles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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