coatee
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]coatee (plural coatees)
- A coat with short flaps.
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter V, page 237:
- There came the farmer on his plough-horse, in his coarse striped breeches, blue homespun coatee, and broadbrimmed hat.
References
[edit]- “coatee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ^ “coatee”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.