coat armor

Armor \Ar"mor\, n. [OE. armure, fr. F. armure, OF. armeure, fr.
   L. armatura. See {Armature}.] [Spelt also {armour}.]
   1. Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn
      to protect one's person in battle.
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   Note: In English statues, armor is used for the whole
         apparatus of war, including offensive as well as
         defensive arms. The statues of armor directed what arms
         every man should provide.
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   2. Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts,
      protecting them from the fire of artillery.
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   {Coat armor}, the escutcheon of a person or family, with its
      several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest,
      supporters, motto, etc.

   {Submarine}, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See
      under {Submarine}.
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Coat \Coat\ (k[=o]t; 110), n. [OF. cote, F. cotte, petticoat,
   cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail,
   LL. cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG.
   chozzo coarse mantle, G. klotze, D. kot, hut, E. cot. Cf.
   {Cot} a hut.]
   1. An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body;
      especially, such a garment worn by men.
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            Let each
            His adamantine coat gird well.        --Milton.
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   2. A petticoat. [Obs.] "A child in coats." --Locke.
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   3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the
      order or office; cloth.
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            Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
                                                  --Swift.
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            She was sought by spirits of richest coat. --Shak.
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   4. An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool,
      husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
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            Fruit of all kinds, in coat
            Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
                                                  --Milton.
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   5. A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a
      tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion;
      a coat of tar or varnish.
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   6. Same as Coat of arms. See below.
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            Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight,
            Or tear the lions out of England's coat. --Shak.
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   7. A coat card. See below. [Obs.]
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            Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were
            ranked with coats as long as old master lived.
                                                  --Massinger.
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   {Coat armor}. See under {Armor}.

   {Coat of arms} (Her.), a translation of the French cotte
      d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor
      in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged
      with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an
      heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken
      together.

   {Coat card}, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen,
      or knave of playing cards. "`I am a coat card indeed.'
      `Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither
      king nor queen.'" --Rowley.

   {Coat link}, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to
      hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a
      button with a loop for a single-breasted coat.

   {Coat of mail}, a defensive garment of chain mail. See {Chain
      mail}, under {Chain}.

   {Mast coat} (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast,
      where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from
      getting below.

   {Sail coat} (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails,
      and the like, to keep them dry and clean.
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