riding coatn.
/ˈrʌɪdɪŋ kəʊt/, U.S. /ˈraɪdɪŋ ˌkoʊt/ A coat, esp. a waterproof overcoat, worn for horse riding. In later use also: a similar garment not designed to be used for riding.
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riding coat1501
gambalocke1609
hacking coat1927
1501 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 34 Ane riding cote to the king.
1535 Wardrobe Acct. Henry VIII in Archaeologia (1789) 9 245 For making of a ryding coote of grene clothe.
a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1328 in Wks. (1640) III His modesty like a riding Coat, the more it is worne, is the lesse car'd for.
1677 London Gaz. No. 1192/4 A tall slender man,..with a white hat, and a white riding Coat.
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 71 When you carry your Master's Riding-Coat in a Journey, wrap your own in it.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. i. 3 I ever took care to lend him a riding coat, or a pair of boots.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 231 A man wrapped in a loose riding-coat with huge cuffs.
1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough ii. 15 The way in which he wore his shaved hat and stuck his hands into the pockets of his wide-skirted grey riding-coat.
1919 Tyrone (Pa.) Daily Herald 1 Mar. 5/4 Riding coats are to have..diagonal jetted pockets.
1948 Times 1 Nov. 2/4 She wore..a black riding coat with a pale yellow scarf, khaki riding breeches, and brown riding boots.
1998 H. Rous in O. Clark Diaries Introd. p. xxix Lesser talents immediately copied them for Seventh Avenue—all the devilish snakeskins, the chiffons, the midis that swept away the minis, the flared riding coats.
2004 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 28 Nov. 11 They will wear the traditional riding coat and stock..upon commencement of the formal [fox-hunting] season.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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