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greatcoat

[ greyt-koht ]

/ ˈgreɪtˌkoʊt /

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noun Chiefly British.

a heavy overcoat.

Origin of greatcoat

First recorded in 1655–65; great + coat

OTHER WORDS FROM greatcoat

great·coat·ed, adjective

Words nearby greatcoat

great-granduncle, great-hearted, great-nephew, great-niece, great-uncle, greatcoat, greaten, greater, greater antilles, greater celandine, greater curvature of stomach

Example sentences from the Web for greatcoat

The Greatcoat By Helen Dunmore A Royal Air Force coat leads a young bride into an affair with a long-dead ghost.

This Week’s Hot Reads: Oct. 15, 2012 |Mythili Rao |October 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
One cold night, Isabel finds an old Royal Air Force greatcoat in the cupboard and pulls it into bed to warm herself.

This Week’s Hot Reads: Oct. 15, 2012 |Mythili Rao |October 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
While he was putting on his greatcoat in the hall, the butler assisting him, the ancient female servant came to him again.

Orley Farm |Anthony Trollope
He was wrapped in a greatcoat of brown frieze, under which he seemed to conceal a small bundle.

The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves |Tobias Smollett

He found the colonel wrapped in a greatcoat, leaning against a tree under a few feet of canvas supported on sticks.

The Sword of Antietam |Joseph A. Altsheler
She said yes, and that he was that man in the Scotch cap and greatcoat, who was helping the others to take you downstairs.

The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 3 of 3 |William Clark Russell
The doctor had put on a small riding wig with an eelskin cue, and was getting into his greatcoat.

Ben Comee |M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan

British Dictionary definitions for greatcoat

greatcoat

/ (ˈɡreɪtˌkəʊt) /

noun

a heavy overcoat, now worn esp by men in the armed forces

Derived forms of greatcoat

greatcoated, adjective