† coat-cardn.
Obsolete.
A playing card bearing a ‘coated’ or habited figure (king, queen, or knave). In regular use down to c1688; afterwards corrupted in court-card n.
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coated card1566
coat1589
court-card1641
courtier1658
face1674
picture card1707
faced-card1708
pictured card?1770
face carda1804
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1298/1 The beste cote carde beside in the bunche, yea thoughe it were the Kyng of Clubbes.
1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 69 I haue none but coate cardes.
1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xxii. 149 The value of your Coat-Card Trumps.
1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 83 The dealer shall have the turn-up Card if it be an ace or a coat card.
1867 F. M. Müller Chips III. 301 Coat cards—the king, and queen, and knave in their gorgeous gowns—were exalted into court cards.
1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 11 The Ace being inferior in the Red suits to the Coat (or Court) cards.
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