OVERCOAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overcoat mean? 

• OVERCOAT (noun)
  The noun OVERCOAT has 2 senses:

1. a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

2. an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)

  Familiarity information: OVERCOAT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERCOAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy coat worn over clothes in winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

greatcoat; overcoat; topcoat

Hypernyms ("overcoat" 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 "overcoat"):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

overcoat; overcoating

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

coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)

 Context examples 

He had hardly shut the door behind him when Holmes rose to put on his overcoat.

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

Mycroft Holmes struggled out of his overcoat and subsided into an armchair.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had left his hat in the ring, and was enveloped in an overcoat with a blue bird’s-eye handkerchief tied round his neck.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had already, in spite of the rain, taken off his overcoat in order to do his delicate task, and so, as he fell, his knife gashed his thigh.

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

The suit in which I had travelled was gone, and also my overcoat and rug; I could find no trace of them anywhere.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Then it was that Martin wore his overcoat down into Oakland, and came back without it, but with five dollars tinkling in his pocket.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And we, my poor Watson, want overcoats and cravats and goloshes, and every aid that man ever invented to fight the weather.

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

The stout gentleman is stuffing the magazine into his overcoat pocket and looking on curiously.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“I thank you,” said the young man, rising and pulling on his overcoat.

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

They are here, in my overcoat.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)