overclothes

[ oh-ver-klohz, -klohthz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. clothing worn outside other garments.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overclothes¹

First recorded in 1855–60; over- + clothes

Example Sentences

Big Coat Energy,” The Boston Globe wrote of a coat that had the unanticipated, if temporary, effect of making overclothes the talk of Washington.

From New York Times

Brockway found a grimy suit of overclothes and took off his coat.

From Project Gutenberg

But when they quit he climbed down, took off his overclothes, folded them carefully and carried them away with him.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he had a flitting glimpse of a man in grimy overclothes scrambling terror-frenzied from beneath the Rosemary.

From Project Gutenberg

I’ve been sent to look for her with these overclothes and umbrella. 

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