grey-coatedgray-coatedadj.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪˈkəʊtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪˌkoʊdəd/

Forms: see grey adj. and n. and coated adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., coated adj.

Etymology: < grey adj. + coated adj. Compare greycoat n.

1. Wearing or characterized by a grey coat.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a coat > types of

blue-coateda1594

russet-coated1596

grey-coated1597

parti-coated1598

black-coated1600

red-coated1641

greatcoated1748

short-coated1813

frock-coated1850

tail-coated1850

buff-coated1856

overcoated1856

tunicked1876

raincoated1901

trench-coated1923

Crombie-coated1951

slickered1972

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 65 Her waggoner is a small gray coated flie.

1658 G. Wharton Second Narr. Late Parl. 4 Walter Strickland..was made Captain General of the Protectors Mag-pye or Gray-Coated Foot-guard in White-hall.

1795 H. S. Keating On Def. Ireland vi. 41 A person who considers every grey-coated man as a Defender, will shudder at the idea of arming any of the Irish peasantry.

1825 Monthly Rev. Feb. 206 He found himself held by the sleeve by the grey-coated stranger.

1895 Daily News 9 Dec. 5/6 Detachments..grey-coated and warmly clad.

1936 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 16 June 1/3 Throngs of grey-coated postmen made special trips last night after the day's work was done.

2011 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Sept. 63 Often drinkers..had to be assisted out by their friends or the grey-coated security guards.

2. Of an animal: having grey fur or hair.

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1740 S. Lowe French Rudim. (new ed.) 231 'Tis a grey coated horse.

1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 7 258 Some aged and grey-coated fox, would find himself..unexpectedly in close contact with me.

1882 M. W. Glascock Dare xii. 181 Gray-coated squirrels peeped inquiringly from their earthy homes.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 24 July 2/3 The Rabbit... Grey-coated trespasser on theft intent, Where'er you go a most unwelcome guest.

1968 D. Moraes My Son's Father ii. 37 The road..arrowed down between aisles of trees whose heavy green crowns were alive with blackfaced, greycoated langur monkeys.

2009 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 28 Apr. a3 The gray-coated wolf..wasn't scared off.

Compounds

† grey-coated parson n. Obsolete = greycoat parson n. at greycoat n. Compounds 3; grey parson n. at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(a).

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > collector of > specific

grey parson1784

grey-coated parson1791

greycoat parson1796

tutty men1893

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > collector of > specific > parish tithes

grey-coated parson1791

1791 T. Mendham Wonder Working Water-mill Displayed x. 90 My tithe at that time, let out and taken by a grey-coated Parson, to the last furrow, or sheaf, went from me unwillingly.

1819 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 27 Mar. 848 In the parish where I was born the Grey-coated parson has tithes to the amount of about three thousand a year, while the Black-coated one gets, perhaps, not more than three or four hundred.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grey-coated
释义	grey-coatedgray-coatedadj. Brit. /ˌɡreɪˈkəʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪˌkoʊdəd/ Forms: see grey adj. and n. and coated adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., coated adj. Etymology: < grey adj. + coated adj. Compare greycoat n. 1. Wearing or characterized by a grey coat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a coat > types of blue-coateda1594 russet-coated1596 grey-coated1597 parti-coated1598 black-coated1600 red-coated1641 greatcoated1748 short-coated1813 frock-coated1850 tail-coated1850 buff-coated1856 overcoated1856 tunicked1876 raincoated1901 trench-coated1923 Crombie-coated1951 slickered1972 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 65 Her waggoner is a small gray coated flie. View more context for this quotation 1658 G. Wharton Second Narr. Late Parl. 4 Walter Strickland..was made Captain General of the Protectors Mag-pye or Gray-Coated Foot-guard in White-hall. 1795 H. S. Keating On Def. Ireland vi. 41 A person who considers every grey-coated man as a Defender, will shudder at the idea of arming any of the Irish peasantry. 1825 Monthly Rev. Feb. 206 He found himself held by the sleeve by the grey-coated stranger. 1895 Daily News 9 Dec. 5/6 Detachments..grey-coated and warmly clad. 1936 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 16 June 1/3 Throngs of grey-coated postmen made special trips last night after the day's work was done. 2011 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 28 Sept. 63 Often drinkers..had to be assisted out by their friends or the grey-coated security guards. 2. Of an animal: having grey fur or hair. ΚΠ 1740 S. Lowe French Rudim. (new ed.) 231 'Tis a grey coated horse. 1845 Ainsworth's Mag. 7 258 Some aged and grey-coated fox, would find himself..unexpectedly in close contact with me. 1882 M. W. Glascock Dare xii. 181 Gray-coated squirrels peeped inquiringly from their earthy homes. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 24 July 2/3 The Rabbit... Grey-coated trespasser on theft intent, Where'er you go a most unwelcome guest. 1968 D. Moraes My Son's Father ii. 37 The road..arrowed down between aisles of trees whose heavy green crowns were alive with blackfaced, greycoated langur monkeys. 2009 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 28 Apr. a3 The gray-coated wolf..wasn't scared off. Compounds † grey-coated parson n. Obsolete = greycoat parson n. at greycoat n. Compounds 3; grey parson n. at grey adj. and n. Compounds 1c(a). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > collector of > specific grey parson1784 grey-coated parson1791 greycoat parson1796 tutty men1893 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > fixed proportion dues or taxes > [noun] > tithe > collector of > specific > parish tithes grey-coated parson1791 1791 T. Mendham Wonder Working Water-mill Displayed x. 90 My tithe at that time, let out and taken by a grey-coated Parson, to the last furrow, or sheaf, went from me unwillingly. 1819 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 27 Mar. 848 In the parish where I was born the Grey-coated parson has tithes to the amount of about three thousand a year, while the Black-coated one gets, perhaps, not more than three or four hundred. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597
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