coat   (kōt)    n.   A sleeved outer garment extending from the shoulders to the waist or below. A garment extending to just below the waist and usually forming the top part of a suit. A natural outer covering, such as the fur of an animal; an integument. A layer of material covering something else; a coating: a second coat of paint. tr.v.   coat·ed, coat·ing, coats To provide or cover with a coat. To cover with a layer, as of paint. [Middle English cote, from Old French, of Germanic origin.] coat'ed adj.

Coat

Coat\ (k[=o]t; 110), n. [OF. cote, F. cotte, petticoat, cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail, LL. cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. chozzo coarse mantle, G. klotze, D. kot, hut, E. cot. Cf. Cot a hut.]

1. An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

Let each His adamantine coat gird well. --Milton.

2. A petticoat. [Obs.] "A child in coats." --Locke.

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

Men of his coat should be minding their prayers. --Swift.

She was sought by spirits of richest coat. --Shak.

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

Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell. --Milton.

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.

6. Same as Coat of arms. See below.

Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England's coat. --Shak.

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

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

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.

coat 

Main Entry: coat
Pronunciation: 'kOt
Function: noun
1 : the external growth on an animal
2 : a layer of one substance coveringor lining another; especially : one covering or lining an organ coat of the eyeball>

coat (kōt)
n.
The outer covering or enveloping layer or layers of an organ or part.

Coat

the tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex. 28:4; 29:5). The "coats of skins" prepared by God for Adam and Eve were probably nothing more than aprons (Gen. 3:21). This tunic was sometimes woven entire without a seam (John 19:23); it was also sometimes of "many colours" (Gen. 37:3; R.V. marg., "a long garment with sleeves"). The "fisher's coat" of John 21:7 was obviously an outer garment or cloak, as was also the "coat" made by Hannah for Samuel (1 Sam. 2:19). (See DRESS.)