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raincoat

[reyn-koht]

rain·coat

[reyn-koht]
noun
a waterproof or water-repellent coat worn as protection against rain.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; rain + coat
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raincoat (ˈreɪnˌkəʊt)
 
n
a coat made of a waterproof material

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raincoat

waterproof outercoat or raincoat, named after a Scottish chemist, Charles Macintosh (1766-1843), who invented the waterproof material that bears his name. The fabric used for a mackintosh was made waterproof by cementing two thicknesses of it together with rubber dissolved in a coal-tar naphtha solution

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