GREATCOAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greatcoat mean? 

• GREATCOAT (noun)
  The noun GREATCOAT has 1 sense:

1. a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

  Familiarity information: GREATCOAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREATCOAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

greatcoat; overcoat; topcoat

Hypernyms ("greatcoat" is a kind of...):

coat (an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "greatcoat"):

capote; hooded coat (a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head)

chesterfield (a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar)

surtout (a man's overcoat in the style of a frock coat)

ulster (loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted)

 Context examples 

Then Meg ordered home the greatcoat, and when John arrived, she put it on, and asked him how he liked her new silk gown.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The portly client puffed out his chest with an appearance of some little pride and pulled a dirty and wrinkled newspaper from the inside pocket of his greatcoat.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I will fetch your greatcoat and open the garden door for you.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

His greatcoat, instead of being brought for him to put on directly, was spread out in the curricle in which he was to accompany his son.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

At the doorway of the Howe Street flats a man, muffled in a cravat and greatcoat, was leaning against the railing.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Utterson’s only answer was to rise and get his hat and greatcoat; but he observed with wonder the greatness of the relief that appeared upon the butler’s face, and perhaps with no less, that the wine was still untasted when he set it down to follow.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Meg said no more, but a few minutes after he found her in the hall with her face buried in the old greatcoat, crying as if her heart would break.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And then his hat sat so well, and the innumerable capes of his greatcoat looked so becomingly important!

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

With that he blew out his candle, put on a greatcoat, and set forth in the direction of Cavendish Square, that citadel of medicine, where his friend, the great Dr. Lanyon, had his house and received his crowding patients.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A week of remorse nearly made Meg sick, and the discovery that John had countermanded the order for his new greatcoat reduced her to a state of despair which was pathetic to behold.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)