gregon.
/ˈɡreɪɡəʊ/ A coarse jacket with a hood, worn in the Levant. Also slang, a rough great-coat.
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duffel coat1683
duffel jacket1732
petenlair1753
grego1767
wamus1805
camisole1816
over-jacket1830
matinee1851
Zouave1859
paletot1863
blazer1880
Norfolks1902
letter sweater1914
letter jacket1934
bomber jacket1940
shirt-jac1944
samfu jacket1955
guru jacket1966
Mao jacket1967
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat > types of
pee1483
shuba1598
surtout1686
wrap-rascal1716
pea-jacket1717
box coat1718
toggy1742
jockey-coata1745
redingote1770
Polonese coat1774
pea coat1790
spencer1795
grego1809
benjamin1810
bang-up1835
pilot jacket1839
pilot coat1840
Petersham1842
taglioni1843
Chesterfield1852
siphonia1853
raglan1857
Inverness overcoat1865
immensikoff1870
Ulster1876
ulsterette1881
coat1889
polonaise1890
covert coata1893
benny1903
macfarlane1920
1767 Adventures Kidnapped Orphan 54 Manly..lent him a warm Grego, or long jacket lined with fur.
1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 151 All my cloaths consisted of an old short grieko, which is something like a bearskin.
1809 Naval Chron. 21 215 They wear..a grego, or thick shaggy great coat, with a hood.
1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy II. 175 A good grego in a winter's watch.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. iii. 66 Their gregos, or night great-coats with hoods.
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxxviii. 276 The..men..had lain down in their gregos and pilot jackets.
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