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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
raincoat
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
wear
▪ He said later that Mr Roberts just called me that because I was wearing my green school raincoat.
▪ He was wearing an old raincoat over his usual gray suit, button-down shirt, and necktie.
▪ He wore a black p.v.c. raincoat which creaked as he moved.
▪ Gloria is standing there in the durably carpeted, unnaturally wide hallway, wearing a light raincoat.
▪ She wore a light travelling raincoat, and was carrying only a small leather bag.
▪ Here he is in the bathroom, wearing his grimy raincoat with the turned-up collar.
▪ He was wearing the same long raincoat and the same scarf masked the lower half of his face.
▪ To his surprise she was waiting in the large hall, wearing a mink-lined raincoat open at the front.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He wore a black p.v.c. raincoat which creaked as he moved.
▪ Her indecision made her sweat; her armpits felt clammy under her raincoat and the palms of her hands were moist.
▪ His raincoat was heavy with damp.
▪ I wrapped it in my raincoat and took it on the Love Field bus.
▪ Moths have lived on raincoats for years.
▪ She bunches her raincoat like a bolster to make herself more comfortable.
▪ She must fetch her raincoat, just to be on the safe side.
▪ She put on a black raincoat and snuck around outside her building one night.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
raincoat

also rain-coat, 1821, from rain (n.) + coat (n.).

Wiktionary
raincoat

n. 1 A waterproof coat worn in the rain. 2 (context slang English) A condom.

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WordNet
raincoat

n. a water-resistant coat [syn: waterproof]

Wikipedia
Raincoat

A raincoat or slicker is a waterproof or water-resistant coat worn to protect the body from rain. The term rain jacket is sometimes used to refer to raincoats that are waist length. A rain jacket may be combined with a pair of rain pants to make a rain suit.

Modern raincoats are often constructed of breathable, waterproof fabrics such as Gore-Tex or Tyvek and coated nylons. These fabrics allow some air to pass through, allowing the garment to 'breathe' so that sweat vapour can escape. The amount of pouring rain a raincoat can handle is sometimes measured in the unit millimeters, water gauge.

Raincoat (film)

Raincoat is a 2004 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh, and starring Ajay Devgan and Aishwarya Rai. It tells the story of two lovers, separated by destiny, who meet again one day. This encounter allows each to realize the truth about the lives they are living. It is an adaptation of the short story The Gift of the Magi (1906) by O. Henry and is the inspiration of Mithaq Kazimi's film, Through Her Eyes.

The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and was nominated for the Crystal Globe for Best Feature Film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Rai also won the Zee Cine Award for Critics' Choice Best Actress and was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress Award.

Usage examples of "raincoat".

Beneath the lined raincoat she wore a thick turtleneck sweater in a rich blue that darkened the shade of her eyes and drapey knit slacks over low boots.

As soon as Eunice Parchman had sat down she undid the top button of her raincoat to disclose the polo neck of a lighter blue-ribbed jumper.

Banish was done and reaching for his raincoat, inviting Fagin to follow him outside.

He wore a long black raincoat against the night air and a kufi cap to cover his head.

When he saw the people clustered under straw mats and raincoats in the downpour outside the bathhouse, he went to investigate.

And in the hall Hedwig heard her humming cheerfully as she put on raincoat and overshoes and made ready for a walk to town.

His baggy raincoat was so dirty a cash crop could have been grown in its folds, but atop his head sat a crisp, expensive, absolutely spotless porkpie hat.

He crossed the street, because three colored boys were walking in his direction on this side, wearing raincoats and porkpie hats and singing in falsetto.

In his shapeless raincoat, with his briefcase, and his Totes, he could have been just an ordinary man, on his way to work.

While I did see a considerable number of ladies who were well-dressed according to our standards, the average Berlin female, with her ulsterette or raincoat, her plain felt hat, her cotton stockings, and her low-heeled shoes, rarely warrants a second look.

He gestured at the hooded, knee-length military dress raincoat he wore, hanging capelike across his shoulders.

The carabinieri had been given the four raincoats so far collected from the restaurant, and the one from the airport and the one from the bus station.

Ryan followed him, seeing Denise lying on her side in the raincoat, her white feet drawn up, her eyes closed.

Out in the hallway, Malachi tightened the suit coat around his forearm, wiggled his way into the raincoat, and headed for the stairway.

A dozen identical men in raincoats took to stalking me, round and round for hours.