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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
overcoat
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
▪ These gangs were thirty- and forty-strong, youths in long black overcoats and white knotted scarves, like Sid Field.
▪ That evening Uncle Allen bought a pair of spats and put $ 5 down on a black overcoat with a velvet collar.
▪ He was wearing a peaked cap of brown leather and a long black overcoat.
▪ Now he sits hunched over on the couch, wearing a roomy black overcoat with a pack of Marlboros in one pocket.
▪ From pink tutu to black overcoat?
▪ Unhooked a smart black overcoat with a velvet collar.
▪ A man in a black overcoat swung an axe.
▪ The man from the newspaper wore a black trilby hat and a long black overcoat.
heavy
▪ A very tiring job it was, particularly in winter, when you had a heavy overcoat on.
▪ Even in the heavy overcoat, he looked like fitness itself.
▪ He wore a heavy blue overcoat and there was a hat on the table.
▪ The spooky goings-on happened when night watchman James Durham spotted a man with a heavy overcoat walking his black retriever.
▪ Nina faced a succession of sombre gentleman's wear - black evening suits, heavy overcoats.
▪ I was wearing a heavy overcoat and woollen gloves but the bust whipped its way right into my bones.
▪ He was putting on his heavy overcoat, asked again casually if he could have a look at the glass.
long
▪ These gangs were thirty- and forty-strong, youths in long black overcoats and white knotted scarves, like Sid Field.
▪ Magee clenched both fists in the pockets of his long leather overcoat.
▪ An old man in a long overcoat rummaged in a hotel's bins.
▪ He was wearing a peaked cap of brown leather and a long black overcoat.
▪ The man from the newspaper wore a black trilby hat and a long black overcoat.
▪ A man in a long dark overcoat.
▪ The searchlight remained fixed on us and a heavily muffled figure in a long overcoat and a steel helmet came towards us.
▪ The long overcoat dragging the sidewalk, my little suitcase clutched in my hand.
■ NOUN
tweed
▪ Doone followed us into the kitchen, removed a grey tweed overcoat and sat by the table in his much-lived-in grey suit.
▪ Tessa wasn't even dressed - she was wearing his old tweed overcoat over her pyjamas.
■ VERB
take
▪ Markby, taking off his overcoat and sticking it haphazardly over a peg, grunted.
▪ He took off his overcoat and sat down at his desk, staring at the man.
▪ After a word of greeting to the nurse George busied himself unwrapping his scarf and taking off his overcoat.
▪ I'd have taken my overcoat if I'd known.
wear
▪ He wore a heavy blue overcoat and there was a hat on the table.
▪ They wore rough overcoats over their hand-woven cotton saris, and sensible shoes suitable for their work.
▪ In one of these reconstructions he wears Pound's overcoat.
▪ It was indeterminate, the weather, not cold enough to warrant wearing my overcoat, not warm enough for a jacket.
▪ He was wearing an overcoat and leant forward to protect himself against the biting wind.
▪ He did not put it on until he was sure that Reagan was going to wear his overcoat.
▪ Bob perched on a bar stool, still wearing his overcoat.
▪ Now he sits hunched over on the couch, wearing a roomy black overcoat with a pack of Marlboros in one pocket.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A crew-cut woman in dance tights and a big overcoat nodded off in the corner.
▪ An old man in a long overcoat rummaged in a hotel's bins.
▪ He had no helmet, no overcoat, no weapon and no boots.
▪ He had put on his overcoat and was pulling the collar up about his ears.
▪ He was wearing a scarf, an overcoat, and a gray fedora hat.
▪ Jimmy and Cardiff both saw Rohmer reach into the inside of his overcoat.
▪ Peter sat in the back of the car with Sebastian held beneath his overcoat.
▪ With time to kill at the airport, I occupied myself smirking at travelers struggling with overcoats.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
overcoat

overcoat \o"ver*coat`\, n. [Cf. Surcoat.] A coat worn over the other clothing; a greatcoat; a topcoat.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
overcoat

"large coat worn over ordinary clothing," 1802, from over- + coat (n.).

Wiktionary
overcoat

n. A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather. vb. (context transitive English) To apply an exterior coating to.

WordNet
overcoat

  1. n. a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter [syn: greatcoat, topcoat]

  2. an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) [syn: overcoating]

Wikipedia
Overcoat

An overcoat is a type of long coat intended to be worn as the outermost garment, which usually extends below the knee. Overcoats are most commonly used in winter when warmth is more important.

They are sometimes confused with or referred to as topcoats, which are shorter and end at or above the knees. Topcoats and overcoats together are known as outercoats. Unlike overcoats, topcoats are usually made from lighter weight cloth such as gabardine or covert, while overcoats are made from heavier cloth or fur.

Overcoat (disambiguation)

An overcoat is an article of clothing. Overcoat or overcoats may also refer to:

  • The Overcoat, a short story by Nikolai Gogol
  • Overcoats, a music album by John Hiatt
  • Overcoat Recordings, a record label

Usage examples of "overcoat".

And then Avrillia insisted on buying all sorts of things for the dolls at home--gorgeous oriental costumes for the Japanese doll, sailor-suits for the Billiken, and a handsome fur overcoat, of a conservative style and cut, for the Brown Teddy-Bear.

He never seemed to change, was always the big boisterous fellow in bright brown clothes and even brighter boots, with a brown billycock and a check overcoat, thick red hair that never went grey and eyebrows to match.

She was wearing zip-up furry bootees, three cardigans, an overcoat, a new woolly scarf Genevieve had bought her, and her best hat.

He clutched the two sides of the tent flap beneath his chin, like a buttonless overcoat.

Before the Saint Gaudens statue Soames Forsyte sat on his overcoat, with the marble screen to his back, enjoying the seclusion and a streak of sunlight passaging between the cypresses.

He twisted round in his chair and watched Martyn as she made a fruitless search of his overcoat pockets.

They had kept to their own quarters until, a few minutes before the departure for the Metronome, Spence and William had gone into the hall, assisted the gentlemen into their overcoats, given them their hats and gloves and seen them into their cars.

A pause, and Harvey appeared rebuttoning his overcoat and honking into his handkerchief.

As the bitter wind continued to blow down the street, Riggs pulled up the collar of his overcoat, took a knit cap emblazoned with the Washington Redskins logo from his pocket, and pulled it tightly over his head so that only the lower part of his reddening face was visible.

The overcoat, purchased by Lydia after a vast amount of comparing and selecting, of deciding and rejecting and redeciding, was carefully hidden, to be produced at a suitable moment.

Madigan made his way towards him and Scrimshaw gathered the skirt of his old tweed overcoat and moved aside to make room.

The audience all paid close attention as an unidentifiable gentleman, predominantly dressed in black overcoat and wearing a wide brimmed hat, stepped forward from the cross passage to the other platform nearest Sharman and walked purposefully towards him.

She tucked the thick piece of cloth in the basket around Silvester and buttoned the top button of her overcoat.

The blue and cream tiled walls, still shiny following a recent refurbishment, reflected the light afforded by the neon tubes mounted above from the ceiling as a lone passenger dressed in a long overcoat and carrying a brown leather briefcase walked slowly down the length of the southbound platform towards the far end where the dark tunnel portal contrasted with the bright surfaces around it.

The men wore curly-brimmed top hats, fur-collared overcoats and glossy patent-leather shoes, with spatterdashes over them to preserve their gloss.