Let each
His adamantine coat gird well. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A petticoat. [ Obs. ] “A child in coats.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men of his coat should be minding their prayers. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

She was sought by spirits of richest coat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fruit of all kinds, in coat
Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Same as Coat of arms. See below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight,
Or tear the lions out of England's coat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A coat card. See below. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coat armor. See under Armor. --
Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together. --
Coat card, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. “‘I am a coat card indeed.' ‘Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'” Rowley. --
Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. --
Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain. --
Mast coat (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below. --
Sail coat (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. covered with a shiny coating by applying e.g. beaten egg or a sugar or gelatin mixture; -- of foods. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Photog.) coated on the side opposite the emulsion with a substance to absorb light; -- of film. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ The red coati (Nasua socialis), called also coati mondi, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown coati (Nasua narica) is found in Surinam and Brazil. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings. [ 1913 Webster ]

on the coattails of (a) helped by association with another person. See coattails. (b) caused by, or immediately following (an event). [ PJC ]

Petticoat government, government by women, whether in politics or domestic affairs. [ Colloq. ] --
Petticoat pipe (Locomotives), a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smoke box, to equalize the draft. [ 1913 Webster ]

A long surcoat of pers upon he had.. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

At night, or in the rain,
He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The waistcoat was a part of female attire as well as male . . . It was only when the waistcoat was worn without a gown or upper dress that it was considered the mark of a mad or profligate woman. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Vest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do you think you are here, sir,
Amongst your waistcoateers, your base wenches? Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]