surtout

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French surtout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səːˈtuː(t)/

Noun

surtout (plural surtouts)

1. A man's overcoat; a close-bodied frock coat.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1st edition, chapter VII, page 109

     Yes, I was right: it was Mr. Brocklehurst, buttoned up in a surtout, and looking longer, narrower, and more rigid than ever.

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 41:

     He was dressed in the suit he'd bought for his mother's funeral, beaver top hat, silk surtout.

2. (fortifications) A raised portion of the parapet of a work at the angles, to protect from enfilade fire.

Anagrams

• rust out, tutours

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French

Etymology

sur +‎ tout

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syʁ.tu/

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Adverb

surtout

1. above all
2. especially

Noun

surtout m (plural surtouts)

1. surtout (overcoat)

Further reading

• “surtout”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.