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View synonyms for trench coat

trench coat

noun

  1. a waterproof overcoat styled along military lines, belted, with straps on the shoulders and lower sleeves.


trench coat

noun

  1. a belted double-breasted waterproof coat of gabardine, etc, resembling a military officer's coat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trench coat1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

The guys that I was partnering with early on wanted the logo to be a guy opening his trench coat.

He was known around the school as the kid who wore a trench coat.

A silky trench coat in a watercolor print, trimmed in turquoise marabou would have been at home at a Manhattan cocktail party.

As I approached them they saluted, evidently mistaking me, in my trench coat and uniform cap, for an American officer.

But it lit up again with a sort of cunning excitement when I said "trench-coat."

When I had to step over them to pass, it seemed as though they must clutch at my trench coat and ask me to help.

I contemplated him: just a big man in a trench coat and droop-brimmed hat silhouetted against the lamp-lit mist.

He pulled to the side of the road and got out, turning up the collar of his trench coat.

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