Some articles on coat:
... In 1963 Port Arthur acquired a new coat of arms from the College of Arms in London ... gate with the motto "Gateway to the West." The new coat of arms, designed by J.P ...
... Since 10 July 1928 the coat of arms of the city of Norderney depicts the local landmark, the "Kap," or cape building ... The island painter Poppe Folkerts designed the coat of arms ...
... A tailcoat is a coat with the front of the skirt cut away, so as to leave only the rear section of the skirt, known as the tails ... The historical reason coats were cut this way was to make it easier for the wearer to ride a horse, but over the years tailcoats of varying types have evolved ... types of tailcoat, the term tailcoat is popularly taken to be synonymous with the type of dress coat still worn today in the evening with white tie ...
... The deer in the coat of arms is the symbol of the duchy of Sigmaringen as well as that of the city of Sigmaringen ... red color with the white bar below the deer derives from the Austrian coat of arms, as part of the district belonged to Austria historically ...
... Coat consists of two layers ... Upper coat strongly weather-resistant lying close to body ...
More definitions of "coat":
- (noun): A thin layer covering something.
Example: "A second coat of paint"
Synonyms: coating
- (verb): Form a coat over.
Synonyms: cake
- (noun): Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal.
Synonyms: pelage
- (verb): Cover or provide with a coat.
- (noun): An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors.
Famous quotes containing the word coat:
“If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 6:29.
“While yet it is cold January, and snow and ice are thick and solid, the prudent landlord comes from the village to get ice to cool his summer drink; impressively, even pathetically, wise, to foresee the heat and thirst of July now in January,—wearing a thick coat and mittens! when so many things are not provided for. It may be that he lays up no treasures in this world which will cool his summer drink in the next.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“He will watch you while you work, and always has a good word to say or a quip to snap at you to keep you cheered up, but when it comes to taking off his coat and lending a hand,... he is an Oriental incense-holder on the guest-room mantle.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)