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matchcoat Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈmætʃkəʊt|
Also 7 matchco, mach-cot, 9 matchicoat.
[Orig. matchco, prob. an American Indian word: cf. Odjibwa matchigode ‘petticoat, woman's dress’ (Baraga); afterwards corrupted by popular etymology, as if f. match n.1 or v.1 + coat n.]
a. A kind of mantle formerly worn by American Indians, originally made of fur skins, and afterwards of match-cloth.
b. The material out of which matchcoats were made.
1642in Archives of Maryland (1887) IV. 94, 2 rackoone matchcos and 15. armes length of ronoke. 1661Stat. Virginia (1823) II. 36 He paying..for the use of those Indians thirty Matchcoats of two yards a peice. 1685Pennsylv. Archives I. 94 Twenty Gunns Twenty fathom Matchcoat [etc.]. 1698G. Thomas Pensilvania 10, I..have very good Shot, with red and blue Mach-cots. 1705Beverley Virginia iii. i. §3 (1722) 142 The proper Indian Match-coat, which is made of Skins, drest with the Fur on, sowed together... Fig. 2 wears the Duffield Match-coat, bought of the English. 1788New Lond. Mag. 115 A large mantle or match-coat, thrown over all, compleats their dress. 1814Sporting Mag. XLIV. 280 A matchicoat and leggins red. |