1. [n]  growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
2. [n]  an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
3. [n]  a thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint"
4. [v]  cover or provide with a coat
5. [v]  form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face"
6. [v]  put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate"

1. \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.
   
            Let each His adamantine coat gird well. --Milton.
   
   2. A petticoat. [Obs.] ``A child in coats.'' --Locke.
   
   3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the
      order or office; cloth.
   
            Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
                                                  --Swift.
   
            She was sought by spirits of richest coat. --Shak.
   
   4. An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool,
      husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.
   
            Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined,
            or bearded husk, or shell.            --Milton.
   
   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.
   
   6. Same as Coat of arms. See below.
   
            Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear
            the lions out of England's coat.      --Shak.
   
   7. A coat card. See below. [Obs.]
   
            Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were
            ranked with coats as long as old master lived.
                                                  --Massinger.
   
   {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.
   
   

2. \Coat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Coating}.]
   1. To cover with a coat or outer garment.
   
   2. To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar
      with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.
   
   

the tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex. 28:4; 29:5). The "coats of skins" prepared by God for Adam and Eve were probably nothing more than aprons (Gen. 3:21). This tunic was sometimes woven entire without a seam (John 19:23); it was also sometimes of "many colours" (Gen. 37:3; R.V. marg., "a long garment with sleeves"). The "fisher's coat" of John 21:7 was obviously an outer garment or cloak, as was also the "coat" made by Hannah for Samuel (1 Sam. 2:19). (See DRESS.)