bridge coatn.1
/ˈbrɪdʒ kəʊt/, U.S. /ˈbrɪdʒ ˌkoʊt/ Now chiefly historical.
A woman's short evening coat or jacket designed to be worn at bridge parties, often of a luxurious fabric such as velvet or silk, and typically having elbow-length sleeves to facilitate card-playing.
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dust-coat1702
hunting-coat1789
pinkc1791
reading-coat1830
wedding-coat1838
zephyr1843
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tea-coat1899
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bridge coat1905
sport coat1917
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1905 Country Life 4 Feb. p. xxxiii/2 Bridge parties, too, are multiplying... I am therefore giving designs of an evening dress and a bridge coat, which are the two forms of evening costume most needed at this moment.
1928 R. Macaulay Keeping up Appearances viii. 78 She had no bridge coat, a mysterious garment apparently donned by bridge-players.
1992 B. Anderson Portrait Artist's Wife (1993) i. 10 She wore Great Aunt Patricia's velvet bridge coat over a black shirt and trousers. They don't make fabrics like that now.., sumptuous and splendid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
bridge coatn.2
/ˈbrɪdʒ kəʊt/, U.S. /ˈbrɪdʒ ˌkoʊt/ A long heavy double-breasted woollen overcoat traditionally worn by naval officers on the bridge of a ship in cold weather. Later also: any coat resembling or modelled on this.
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greatcoat1647
out-coat1684
wide coat1698
big coat1720
overcoat1802
trusty1804
jemmy1836
reefer1870
bridge coat1915
orchestration1939
lead sheet1942
1915 Wireless Age Aug. p. xiv (advt.) Single and Double Breasted Uniforms, Suits, blouses, bridge coats, reefers, caps, and white duck coats and trousers.
2001 Sea Breezes 75 325/1 I would sit there on a winter's night in a gaberdine raincoat, wishing I had a thick bridge coat with brass buttons, like the captain's.
2017 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 Oct. Daniel Craig has tended more towards leather jackets, which made his choice of this double-breasted bridge coat from Tom Ford all the more striking.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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