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单词 greatcoat
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greatcoatn.

Brit. /ˈɡreɪtkəʊt/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪtˌkoʊt/
Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and coat n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: great adj., coat n.
Etymology: < great adj. + coat n. N. E. D. (1900) comments on the stress: ‘The dictionaries mark the stress as ˈgreatcoat or ˈgreatˌcoat; in England the stress seems to be usually on the last syllable, less frequently equal.’
A long heavy overcoat.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > coat > types of > overcoat
greatcoat1647
out-coat1684
wide coat1698
big coat1720
overcoat1802
trusty1804
jemmy1836
reefer1870
bridge coat1915
orchestration1939
lead sheet1942
1647 in G. F. Dow Probate Rec. Essex County, Mass. (1916) I. 92 I giue to my Brother James Baly a great Coate one pair of buck lether Breches [etc.].
1661–85 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 362 None shall presume to come into Our Privy Chamber..in cloakes, or great coates, or in bootes.
1714 Post Boy No. 2970 Horsemens Great-Coats made of a good West-Country Drab Cloth.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 179 The hood of a great coat.
1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 16 Dec. (1939) 293 Came home through a cold easterly rain without a greatcoat.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. x. 203 Heavy greatcoats with triple capes.
1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold i. 2/3 I donned hat and greatcoat, for the air was still chilly and there was a scum of snow on the ground.
1963 J. Hitrec tr. I. Andríc Bosnian Chron. (1993) ii. 30 The Vizier's sable cloak was slung over his greatcoat.
2000 Transition No. 80. 66/1 The ample-hooded greatcoats still adorned mothers and grandmothers.

Derivatives

ˈgreatcoatless adj. not wearing or possessing a greatcoat.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a coat > types of > not
greatcoatless1823
overcoatless1872
tunicless1904
1823 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 9 Aug. 351 These clouds..hold precisely the same language to the great-coatless traveller.
1887 Daily News 27 Dec. 5/1 He fled, great-coatless, into the snow.
1970 D. J. Mitchell 1919: Red Mirage ii. ii. 95 Young Polish troops marched away in the teeth of a knifing east wind, greatcoatless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

greatcoatv.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: greatcoat n.
Etymology: < greatcoat n. Compare earlier greatcoated adj., and also earlier coat v.
Obsolete.
transitive. To dress in a greatcoat.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > coat
coat1362
greatcoat1839
1839 T. Hook Births, Deaths & Marriages II. ii. 76 Accordingly, Alexander, or, as he was called by Mr. Grub, Alick, performed the operation of great-coating his master.
1882 Daily News 10 Apr. 5/2 The prudent man still great~coats himself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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