1677 No. 1180/4 Wearing a brown serge Sute, and a brownish Campaine Coat.
1699 B. E. Campaign-coat, originally only such as Soldiers wore, but afterwards a Mode in Cities.
1725 Campaign-coat, in a Canting Sense, the ragged, tatter'd..Coat, worn by Beggars and Gypsies, in order to move Compassion.